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ENGLISH PIECES ARRANGED FOR TRANSLATION 
INTO GERMAN, 



Schools and Academies, 



JOS. BALDAUF and T. ULBRICHT, 

Teachers of the German Language in the Milwaukee Public Schools. 



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MILWAUKEE : 

J. B. HOEGER & SONS, Publishers, 

449 and 451 East Water Street. 
1875. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 2875, by 

7. B. IIOEGER & SOA'S, 
in the O/Jlce of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



INTRODUCTION. 



This little book has been prepared to meet a want that has 
been strongly felt in the German classes of the *Milwaukee 
Public Schools. In the Graded, Course of Instruction in the 
German language, adopted a year ago, translation from Eng- 
lish into German was made a prominent feature ; but great 
difficulty has been experienced by the teachers in carrying 
out the work systematically for want of a progressive series 
of exercises adapted to the purposes of the course. The 
" Progressive Translator" has been prepared to supply this 
deficiency. It is the result of the experience of two teachers 
actively engaged in the work of German instruction. 
Their aim has been to produce a practical exercise book, 
adapted to the needs of schools in which German is regularly 
and systematically taught. The authors have labored faith- 
fully and conscientiously to produce a manual which, I am 
sure, will be found serviceable in the class-room. The study of 
the German language forms an important part of the instruc- 
tion given in the Public Schools of many of our large cities 
and is daily growing into larger proportions — every effort 
to make it more thorough and complete, should meet with 
encouragement from all who are interested in its success. 

JAMES MAC ALISTER, 

Superintendent of Public Schools. 

Milwaukee, Aug. 16, 1875. 



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CONTENTS. 



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I. 


The Man and the Bird, 




2. 


The Girl on the Swing, 


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3- 


The Blind Man, 




4. 


Nellie and the Flowers, 


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5- 


The Snow-Man, 




6. 


The Owl, 


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7- 


The Cow, ... 




8. 


The Ox, 


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9- 


The Sly Fox, - 




10. 


Prairie- Dogs, 


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11. 


The Little Dreamer, 




12. 


The Snow-Drop, 


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The Greenhoitse, 




14. 


A Letter, 


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15. 


The White Bear, 




16. 


The Saw- Mill, 


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17- 


The Truant, 




18. 


' Charles and His Dog, 


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19. 


The Pet Hares, 




20. 


What a Child Sees, 


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21. 


The Proud Frog, 




22. 


The Orange, 


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23- 


The Beaver, - 




24. 


The Wolf, 


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25- 


The Bees, ... 




26. 


The Apple, 


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27. 


A Letter, 




28. 


" Who Shall Suffer ?" 


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29, 


A Noble Boy, 




30. 


V/hat We Hear in the Country, 


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The Oven Bird, 




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The Air We Breathe, 


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X. 

No. Page. 

33. The Children and the Peaches, - - - 12 

34. A Letter, - - - - - - - 12 

35. The Elk, 13 

36. Maple Sugar, ------ 13 

37. 7%* ZiV/7<? Letter V/riter, . - - 14 

38. 7^<? Sail-Boat, ...... 14 

39. Story About a Cruel Eagle, ... ic 

40. Make Hay While the Sun Shines, - 15 

41. 77*<? Light- House, - - - - - 16 

42. The Man and the Lion, - - - - 17 

43. The Birds Set Tree, - 17 

44. 77^ 6W, - 18 

45. The Lion and the Fox, ~ •■ 19 

46. Alfred and His Mother, - 20 

47. 77z<? King-Bird, .... 21 

48. The Seven Sticks, - 21 

49. 7%<? Lndian, - - 22 

50. 77z<? Brother and Sister, - 23 

5 1 . Alexander the Great, - - - - 24 

52. Spring in the Country, ... - 24 

53. y4 Letter, - 25 

54. Z%<? Tea - <Z72</ M<? 6W;', - - 26 

55. Anecdote of Frederick the Great, - 26 

56. Notes,- ... 27 

57. Water, ----- 27 

58. Snow-Houses, --.-'- - 28 

59. The Great Earthquake of Lisbon, - - 29 

60. Numbering Hairs, ------ 29 

61. The Boy of the Light- House, - - - -. 30 

62. Children in a Balloon, - - ■ - - 31 

63. Don't Be Discouraged, - 32 

64. %ar, ... 33 

65. 4 Newspaper "Ltenif 1 ----- 34 

66. 77* * Rhine, - - - - - "35 

67. Walter Scott and the Beggar, - 35 

68. Venice, ------.36 

69. Catching Wild Ducks, - - - - - 36 



No. Page. 

70. Learn to Obey, - - - - 37 

71. Knox Cave, - ' - - - - 38 

72. The Storm, - - - - - "39 

73. Rain, -----.- 40 

74. Sparrows in New York, - - - - 40 

75. Metals, ...... 4I 

76. Birds, ------- 42 

77. 77/* Potato, ...... 43 

78. 7^<? #W (?0<w<f, ------ 44 

79. 7#<? TW' 7?(?y, ..... 45 

80. More About the Poor Boy, - - - - 45 

Si. The World, - . - - - - - 47 

82. Mammoth Cave, ------ 48 

%l. The Poppy, .... - 48 

84. Truth Stranger than Fiction, - - - - 48 

85. How to Ruin Health, - - - - - 49 

86. Pate of Idlers, ------ 49 

87. A Letter, ...... ^ 

88. New York City, ------ 50 

89. A Witty Youth, - - ... . $ t 

90. An Anecdote of Daniel Webster, - . - - - 51 

91. A Legend of Tyrol, - 52 

92. Life in Holland, ------ 53 

93. Two Sunsets in One Day, - - - 54 

94. Animals in North America, - - - - 54 

95. Life in China, - - - - - 55 

96. The Monkey in the Cage, - - - - 56 

97. Kossuth's Farewell. - - - - - 56 

98. The Stolen Child ana" the Gypsies, - - - '57 
gg. George Washington, ...... 58 

100. Tact Versus Talent, - - - - "59 

101. Catiline 's Forces, ..... 6 

102. Our Seasons, - - - - 60 

103. Fire! Fire! ...... 61 

104. The Wolf and the Crane, - - - - ( - 62 

105. A Tale of the " Black Hole" of Calcutta, - - 63 

106. Something About Ireland, ----- "64 



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No. Page. 

107. The Mandarin, - - - - 65 

108. Berlin, - - - - - - .65 

109: A Letter, ...... 65 

1 10. Life in Switzerland, - - - 66 

111. The River " Fair to Look Upon,''' - 67 

112. The Statue of Hermann, ----- 68 

113. Milwaukee, - - - . - - 69 

114. Agriculture, • - - - .70 

115. Advertisements, - - - - - 71 

116. Columbus and the Egg, - - - - 72 

117. Sce7te in a Menagerie, - - - - 73 

118. A Mountain Village in the Alps, - •- - - 74 

119. Burial of an Lndian Chief, - 75 

120. Language of a Prophet of Old, - - - 76 

121. Grattan's Denunciation of Mr. Flood, - - - 76 

122. Shakespeare 's (e Character of Brutus," - - - 77 

123. The Lore- Lei, ------ 77 

124. Language of the Historian, - - - - 78 

125. What a Common Man May Say, - - - 79 
Vocabulary, - - - - - - 80 



Progressive Translator 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



i. THE MAN AND THE BIRD. 

We saw a man with a gun. He tried to shoot a bird. 
The bird flew off and sang a glad song. We were glad to 
see the bird free, for the man had no use for it. 

2. THE GIRL ON THE SWING. 

A little girl fell from a swing and hit her head. It made 
her cry. A swing is not a safe thing for little girls. 

3. THE BLIND MAN. 

I saw an old blind man by the side of the road. His dog 
held the man's hat, as if to beg for him. I put five cents 
into the man's hat. 

4. NELLIE AND THE FLOWER. 

On a fine day in July Nellie went to walk. She found a 
pink, and held it up for her mother to smell it. Nellie loves 

I the garden. I hope you will love it too. 
5. THE SNOW-MAN. 
See the snow-man the boys have made. He has a pipe in 
his mouth and a club in his fist. Strike us, if you dare, 
snow-man ! When the sun comes out you will drop that 
club of yours. 



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6. THE OWL. 

The owl can not see by day, but it can see after sun -set. 
An owl was sitting in an oak-tree. A boy saw the owl, and 
said to a man, "An owl is in the top of the oak." The man 
got his gun and shot the owl . 

7. THE COW. 

A boy was driving a cow. An old man met the boy and 
said to him, " My lad, what is your cow good for?" The 
boy said, "Our cow gives milk. From milk we make butter, 
and we eat the butter with bread for our dinner. ' ' 

8. THE OX. 

An ox has two horns, four legs and four feet. He can 
draw the plow, or the cart. He is quite strong, and works 
very hard for man. He has red, or white, or black hair. 
He eats grass, and hay, and corn ; and he drinks water. 

9. THE SLY FOX. 

One day a hungry fox saw a fat hen sitting on a box lid. 
A big boy saw mister fox, as he was trying to get the hen. 
The boy ran for his gun . The sly fox saw the boy go for the 
gun. "Ah !" said mister fox, "I can not get a fat dinner 
to-day. If I am not off, the boy may get me." So, away 
ran the fox. 

10. PRAIRIE-DOGS. 

Prairie-dogs are little animals found in large companies on 
some of the western prairies . They lodge and hide in holes 
which they dig in the ground, and are noted for a sharp 
bark like that of a small dog. 



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ii. THE LITTLE DREAMER. 

A little boy was dreaming, 

Upon his nurse's lap, 

That all the stars dropped from the sky 

And fell into his cap. 

So, when his sleep was over, 

What did the dreamer do ? 

Why, he went and looked inside his cap, 

And found — it wasn't true. 

12. THE SNOW-DROP. 

In the month of March, while the snow is yet on the 
ground, the snow-drop will spring up and show its white 
leaves. It is a dear flower, and I love to see it bloom. 

13. THE GREEN-HOUSE. 

A green-house is built for plants which will not grow well 
out of doors. It is covered with glass, so as to let in light 
to the plants. The glass also lets in the heat of the sun. 

14. A LETTER. 

Milwaukee, July 25, 1875. 
My Dear Mother : 

I want my Arithmetic. It is on the table in my 

room. Will you please send it by Charles. 

Your affectionate daughter, 

Anna. 

1 5 . THE WHITE BEAR. 

The white bear lives on the ice-cliffs and shores of the far 
north. There the seas freeze, and no green thing is to be 
seen. This bear is strong and fierce, and with his teeth and 
claws can do great harm. 



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1 6. THE SAW-MILL. 

In a saw-mill the men are at work sawing logs and trunks 
of trees, which they make into planks and beams. 

With these we can build a house or a ship. It takes a 
great many planks and beams for a house or for a ship. You 
would see quite a large grove, if you could see all the trees 
growing that are cut down to build a ship. 



17. THE TRUANT. 

One day Frank thought he would stay away from school. 
He went to play by the edge of a small stream. He took 
some sticks and stones, and with them built a small bridge. 
When it was done he staid till school was out, and then went 
home. But he could not hide his guilt ; for he knew he had 
done wrong. He hung his head for shame, and said he was 
sorry for what he had done. Let us hope he will not do so 
again. 

18. CHARLES AND HIS DOG. 

There was once a little boy, his name was Charles, and 
he had a dog whose name was Brave. Now, Brave could 
swim well, but Charles could not swim at all. 

One day when Charles went to the river with some boys to 
bathe, he put his arm around Brave's neck and made the good 
dog swim with him across the river. 

This was a bold act on the part of Charles, and it was not 
a wise one, for he might have lost his hold of the dog's neck, 
and so have gone down beneath the waves, since he could 
not swim. 



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19. THE PET HARES. 

George Rostman is eight years old. He lives with his papa 
and mamma on a large farm. As their house is far from the 
road, he has few playmates. But George is not lonely, 
though he has but few to share in his sports. He drives the 
cows to the field, and feeds the fowls. He takes care of the 
calves and the lambs. He has a hoop to roll, a bat and a 
ball, a small cart, a pair of stilts, and a large kite with red 
wings. But George thinks most of his pet hares. He has 
four old hares and nine young ones. On fair days George 
lets his hares out of their pen. He takes a chair and sits 
near them, while they eat the grass in the front yard. 

20. WHAT A CHILD SEES. 

Look around you, little child, and tell me what you see. 
Above me is the blue sky, the sun, the clouds, and at night 
the moon and stars. 

In the fields I see trees, flowers, fruits, beasts, birds, and a 
great many other things. 

I see all sorts of forms, — some short, some tall, some thin, 
some thick, some sharp, some round, some smooth, some 
rough. 

I see things that are black and white, red and blue, brown 
and green. I hear the song of birds, the hum of the bees, 
the fall of waters, the rush of wind, and the sound of bells. 

I look at my body. I see that I have eyes, ears, hands, 
arms, feet, legs ; a head, a face, a nose, and a mouth. With 
these I can see, hear, feel, run, walk, jump, smell, eat and 
drink. 



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21. THE PROUD FROG. 




A herd of cattle was feeding in a meadow. A big ox ap- 
proached a swamp in the neighborhood. The frogs in the 
swamp saw him and cried : " Oh what a big fellow !" — But 
one of the frogs boasted : " I can make myself quite as big." 
His comrades laughed at him. He was vexed at their 
mockery and said : "I will prove it to you." So he blew 
himself out powerfully. "Am I now as big?" — " No, far 
from it !" " Well then," said he, " but now !" He blew 
himself out more yet. " But now I am as big, am I not ?" 
" No, not by a great deal !" — " Well, now I shall become as 
big," — and he blew and blew, and — burst ! 



22. THE ORANGE. 

Oranges grow in the warm, sunny South. In that land 
there are groves of orange-trees, on which hangs the ripe, 
round fruit, of the color of gold. The oranges look like 
golden apples. 

Oranges have a thick, strong skin, and inside of that a 
sweet, juicy pulp which tastes very good. Did you ever see 
a boy or a girl who did not like oranges ? While it is yet 
winter in the northern part of our country, the boys and 
girls who live in the southern part can go into the groves 
and pick ripe oranges from the trees. 

But the people who live in the South do not keep all the 
fruit for themselves. They pick it from the trees, put it into 
small boxes, and send it away in ships — whole ship-loads of 
oranges. 



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23. THE BEAVER. 

The beaver is from two to three feet long, and about one 
foot high. It is of a light brown color. It has fine fur, of 
which hats are made. 

When summer comes, many beavers unite in a society, 
and build their houses. They have chambers to their houses. 

When a beaver has no one to help it, it can not do much. 
Sometimes two hundred beavers live together. 

The beaver has a tail about ten inches long, that is as flat 
as a shingle. It uses its tail for a trowel. Did you ever see 
a mason use his trowel ? 

Beavers can cut down large trees with their teeth. They 
make their houses of wood and mud. 

Beavers can live in water, or on land. They build their 
houses by a river or a pond. 



24. THE WOLF. 

A boy was once taking care of some sheep not far from a 
forest. Near by, was a village, and he was told to call for 
help if there was any danger. 

One day, in order to have some fun , he cried out with all 
his might, " The wolf is coming ! the wolf is coming !" 

The men came running with clubs and axes to destroy 
the wolf. As they saw nothing, they went home again, and 
left John laughing in his sleeve. 

As he had had so much fun this time, John cried out 
again, the next day, "The wolf! the wolf!" 

The men came again, but not so many as before. They 
saw no trace of the wolf; so they shook their heads and went 
back. 



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On the third day, the wolf came in earnest. John cried 
in dismay, " Help ! help ! the wolf! the wolf!" But not a 
single man came to help him. 

The wolf broke into the flock, and killed a great many 
sheep. Among them was a beautiful lamb, which was John's, 
and which he loved very much. 

The truth itself is not believed, 
From one who often has deceived. 



25. THE BEES. 

Do not be rude to the bees. There was once a little girl 
so good and kind to the bees that she did not fear to let 
them creep all over her face. 

They are neat little things. They have no dirt in their 
hives, and the y keep the air of the hive pure and fresh. 

A man one 2 took such pains to teach his bees, that they 
would come on a large board, and when he said, " March!" 
would move in order, like men at drill. 

A bad girl once struck at a bee with a stick, because she 
saw it light on a flower to suck honey. She soon found she 
had made a blunder, The bee flew off, and in some way 
made known to the rest of the bees what the bad girl had 
done. Then the bees all came out of the hive, and flew at 
the girl and stung her so that her screams were heard far and 
wide. She ran wildly away from them. For more than a 
week she was in great pain. The doctor came and put oil on 
her skin, but it was a long time before she was quite well. 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



26. THE APPLE. 



Apples are good to eat, but we must not eat them before 
they are ripe. Some are sweet and some are sour. The 
apple has a stem, which holds it to the branch ; it has a skin, 
which we pare off sometimes ; and it has a core and seeds 
inside. If we should plant the seeds in the ground, little 
sprouts would come forth and grow to be trees and bear 
apples. 

My mother makes sauce and tarts and pies of apples. We 
like the nice pies and tarts very much. The juice which is 
squeezed from apples we call cider. 

27. A LETTER. 

New York, Aug. 5, 1875. 
My Dear Mother : 

Father is so busy that he said I must write you. 
We are all well but we miss you very much. The table looks 
so empty without your face ! The cat and dog get along 
without quarreling, and Pussy takes advantage of your ab- 
sence to sleep in your rocking chair. We shall be so glad 
when you return. Your loving son, 

Willie Becker. 
Mrs. M. J. Becker, St. Louis, Mo. 

28. " WHO SHALL SUFFER ?' ' 

The blacksmith of a village had murdered a man. The 
peasants of the place joined together, and begged the judge 
not to let the blacksmith suffer. They stated that they could 
not do without a blacksmith, that he was indispensable to 
the place to shoe horses, mend wheels, and so forth. The 
judge said : " How then can I do justice ?" 



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A laborer answered : "Sir, there are two weavers in the 
village, and for so small a place one is enough; hang the 
other." 

29. A NOBLE BOY. 

A few years ago a steamboat sank in the Missouri River, 
near St. Louis. Among the persons swept over-board were 
a woman, and a boy about twelve years of age. A man on a 
steamer near by, seeing the boy struggling with the waves, 
threw him a rope. "Never mind me," replied the boy, " I 
can swim ; save my mother. ' ' They were both saved. 

30. WHAT WE HEAR IN THE COUNTRY. 

The wind is blowing ; The cart-wheels squeaking ; 

The cows are lowing ; The barn-door creaking ; 

The brook is babbling ; And John is sawing ; 

The geese are gabbling ; Willie huzzaing ; 

The mule is braying ; The peacock screeching ; 

The horse is neighing ; And Carrie teaching 

The sheep are baaing ; Three little boys 

The boys hahaing; Amid all the noise. 

The birds are singing ; 

The bells are ringing ; 

31. THE OVEN BIRD. 

All birds do not make their nests alike. Some make them 
on trees ; some, on bushes ; some, on the ground. 

In South America there is a bird, that makes its nest of 
clay, and shapes it something like an oven, and then hatches 
its young. This curious bird uses wet clay in building its 
dome-shaped nest. It gets the clay by the banks of rivers, 
and mixes it with grass and straw. 



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These help to keep everything in shape, until the hot sun 
bakes the clay nearly as hard as a brick. The nest has two 
chambers, made by running a wall of clay across from side 
to side. In the inner chamber, which is nearly dark, the 
bird lays her eggs on downy feathers. The oven bird is 
brown in color, slender in form, and about the size of a lark. 
It is a bold-looking fellow and very active. 



32. THE AIR WE BREATHE. 

The chief use of air is for us to breathe it. When we 
breathe we draw in the air through our mouth and nostrils, 
and it goes into our lungs and mixes with the blood. 

Air is made up of two parts. One part is mixed with the 
blood when we breathe, and the other comes back through 
the nose. 

If a man were put into a small room, in which the doors 
and windows were so shut that no air could get in, by and 
by, he would use up all the good part of the air, and then, if 
no more fresh air were let in, he would die. 

People should always let fresh air into their rooms, be- 
cause to breathe air not pure is hurtful. 

Beasts and birds need the air as well as we do. If a mouse 
or a bird were shut in a box which had no hole in it, the 
mouse or bird would die for want of air. 

Fishes breathe air through the water in which they live. 
If we filj a box with water and put a fish in it, and then 
shut the lid very closely, the fish will die. 



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33 . THE CHILDREN AND THE PEACHES. 

A father bought five peaches, the largest and finest to be 
seen, and gave one to each of his four boys, and the fifth to 
their mamma. 

In the evening he asked them what they had done with 
their peaches, and how they liked them. "I ate mine and 
threw the stone away," said Charley, the youngest. "Oh, 
how nice it tasted !'.' " I ate mine," said the second, " and 
planted the stone in the garden to have a peach-tree from it." 
"I sold mine for five cents to a boy," said the third, "and 
picked up the stone which brother Charles cast away, crack- 
ed it and found a sweet kernel in it. ' ' 

"I carried mine to sick Godfried, the neighbor's son, who 
has so long been bed-ridden, and ran away fast," said 
Edward, bashfully. " Now, who has made the best use of 
his peach ?" asked the father. 

And the other three called out : " Brother Edward has." 



34. A LETTER. 

Vinita, Indian Ter., July 20, 1875. 
Dear Friend : 

I live in the Indian Territory. My pa and ma are 
both Cherokees, but if you should see them you would think 
they were white people. Mother is teaching school ; she has 
a real nice school. I am not going this term, for I stay at 
home and keep house for mother. I have four sisters going 
to school and only one little brother. 

Our school-house came near getting burned down last 
Week, but the neighbors put it out before it was much in- 
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35. THE ELK. 

The elk, or moose-deer, is found in countries where it is 
very cold — in America, Europe and Asia. A full-grown elk 
is almost as heavy as an ox ; also larger and taller than a 
horse. 

The elk has a short, thick neck, a large head, and large 
horns weighing often as much as twenty pounds. His horns 
spread out widely. His legs are long and very powerful, 
but his tail is very short. He is of a dark brownish gray 
color , all but his legs and tail ; these are lighter. 

His hair is strong and coarse, and on the neck it forms a 
kind of mane. He lives in the pine woods, and eats the 
shoots of the trees ; for his legs are so long, and his neck so 
short, that he can not graze. Sometimes the elk is tamed, 
and is kept in parks, like deer. 

He belongs, like the deer, to the quadrupeds which chew 
the cud. 

36. MAPLE SUGAR. 

Maple sugar is made from the sap of the tree known as the 
sugar maple ; but muscovado sugar is made from the juice of 
the sugar-cane. In some parts of the country, where the 
sugar-maple-tree grows, the farmer's first work in the spring 
is the making of maple sugar. It is only in the spring, when 
the frost begins to leave the ground, that the sap can be ob- 
tained, as it then rises from the roots of the trees, and as- 
cends to the buds and leaves. 

The following is the manner in which the sap is obtained. 
A hole, about an inch deep, is bored into the tree, with an 
auger ; and a tube, sometimes made of the wood of , the 
elder, or of the sumach, or perhaps of pine, is then driven 
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and sometimes in almost a running stream. The sap is 
caught in troughs, or in wooden buckets. A pailful a day is 
sometimes obtained from a single tree. The sap is carried to 
the sugar house, where some of it is boiled until it becomes 
sugar. 

37. THE LITTLE LETTER WRITER. 

Cousin Emily : - — I am going to tell you about a cat and 
some rabbits that I have. They all play together in the yard. 
Sometimes the cat tries to teach the rabbits to catch mice. 
They will eat together from the same dish. 

One day they had some beef, and bread, and cabbage, 
set before them on the same plate. The cat agreed that the 
rabbits might have the cabbage, and puss took the beef her- 
self. But when the cat was eating some bread, the rabbits 
bit at the other end. 

Pussy did not like that, so she hit the rabbits with her 
paw. After that, they were very good friends again. 

I can not tell you anything more about them now, for 
my hand is tired with writing ; but I wish you would come 
here, and I will let you see them. This letter is from your 
Cousin, John. 

38. THE SAIL-BOAT. 

Two boys, whose names were Frank and James, went out 
on the lake one fine day to have a sail. The wind blew fresh 
and strong, and they glided along on the water very fast. 
The boys thought it was fine sport. But while Frank was 
standing at the bow of the boat, and James Sat at the stern to 
steer it, a sudden gust of wind struck the sail and upset the 
boat. Both boys fell into the water ; and they would have 
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aid. They said they would not go out in a sail-boat again, 
unless some one was in it, older than themselves, who could 
tell them how to manage it. 



39. STORY ABOUT A CRUEL EAGLE. 

Eagles have been known to carry off geese, turkeys, lambs, 
and even small children. 

Many years ago, a woman in the mountainous parts of 
Switzerland left her babe near the house ; and an eagle flew 
down from a high hill, and bore the child away in its claws. 

The poor woman could do nothing but wring her hands and 
scream for help. But the bird soared away, and she never 
saw her babe again. The eagle flew to its nest on a high 
rock, where the poor little child was torn in pieces, and given 
to the young eagles to eat. 

One day, a hunter found, not far from the eagle's nest, the 
red woolen cap, and a part of the dress which the child wore 
when it was taken away. 



40. MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES. 

In the summer time, when the grass in the meadows has 
grown to its full height, the farmer cuts it down with the 
scythe, or with a machine called a mower, which is drawn 
by horses. When the grass has been dried in the sun, it is 
called hay. The farmer rakes this fresh hay into winrows, 
sometimes with a hand-rake, but now more frequently with a 
rake drawn by a horse, and called a horse-rake. Men pitch 
the hay on wagons, and it is then drawn into the barn, and 
piled away on the hay*mow ; or it is placed in the open 
field, in large heaps called hay-stacks. 



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The hay is the food, or fodder, which is given to the cattle, 
and horses, and sheep, in the winter season, when they can 
no longer find any green grass in the fields. The haying 
season is a busy time for the farmer. He knows he must 
"make hay while the sun shines." 

After haying, comes the harvest, or the gathering in of the 
wheat, and the rye, the barley, the oats, and the peas, and 
some other crops. The wheat harvest is a busy, hurrying 
time. It is the great event of the year for the farmer in 
some parts of our northern states. The wheat must be cut 
down when the stalk, or straw, turns yellow. Then the kernel, 
or grain, which before was milky, and light, becomes hard 
and heavy ; and the head of the wheat, which before stood 
erect, bends downward with its own weight. Then it is 
time to begin the harvest. 

A man cuts the wheat with a sickle, or with a farming im- 
plement called a cradle ; or it is cut by a machine called a 
reaper, which is drawn by horses. After the wheat has been 
cut down, it is bound in sheaves or bundles, which .are put 
up in bunches of a dozen or more, called shocks, or stooks. 
The bundles then remain in the field until the straw has be- 
come thoroughly dried, when they are carried to the barn. 



41. THE LIGHT-HOUSE. 

A light-house is a tall building with a large lantern at the 
top in which a bright light is kept burning at night. It is 
built on a high rock near the seacoast, to warn ships, so 
that, when they see the light, they may keep off the shore. 

Men live in the light-house, often a long way from the 
land, to take care of it, and to light the lamps every day as 
soon as it begins to grow dark. The light is not of the same 



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kind in every light-house. Some lights are quite bright and 
steady;, but others Jlash, and are only seen from time to time. 
Sailors know in this way one light-house from another when 
it is far off, and can thus tell what part of the coast they are 
near. 

In olden times fires were often lighted on the tops of towers, 
or on high hills, to warn ships when near the coast. 

42. THE MAN AND THE LION. 

A man in Africa killed a lion in a very cunning manner. 
The man was alone, and far from any house. He saw that a 
lion followed him, and knew that, when it was dark, he 
would be in great danger. So he came to a steep, craggy 
hill, and went to the top of it. Then he crept behind a great 
rock on the brow of the hill, and lay down. 

He put his hat and coat on a stick, which he thrust into 
the ground, just above him, so that the lion might think, 
that they were the man . When it was dark, the lion came, 
and saw the hat and coat moving a little, like a man seated. 
The brute now crept along slyly, till he "was quite near, and 
he leaped upon the hat and coat, tumbled down the steep, 
craggy hill, and was mangled to death at the bottom. 

43. THE BIRDS SET FREE. 

A man was walking one day through the streets of a city. 
He saw a boy with a number of small birds for sale, in a cage. 
He looked with sadness upon the little prisoners, flying about 
the cage, peeping through the wires, and trying to get out. 
He stood, for some time, looking at the birds. At last, -he 
said to the boy, " How much do you ask for your birds ? " 
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how much apiece," said the man, " but how much for all of 
them. I want to buy them all." 

The boy began to count, and found they came t o five dol- 
lars. " There is your money," said the man. The boy took 
it, well pleased with his morning's trade. No sooner was the 
bargain settled, than the man opened the cage door, and let 
all the birds fly away. 

The boy, in great surprise, cried, " What did you do that 
for, sir? You have lost all your birds." " I will tell you 
why I did it," said the man. "I was shut up three years in 
a French prison, as a prisoner of war, and I am resolved 
never to see any thing in prison which I can make free." 



44. THE GOAT. 

The goat is to be found in most parts of the world. On high 
hills, where he springs from cliff to cliff, he may at times be 
seen. The goat has long horns and a long beard. His hair 
is for the most part black and white, or pale brown, with a 
black stripe down liis back. 

He will climb steep rocks to find the shrubs, on which he 
loves to feed. He eats grass, too. and the bark of trees. 

The goat can be made tame, but if we tease him, he will 
butt at us with his head. His flesh is good for food, and 
the milk of his mate is sweet, and of use in sickness. We 
call a young goat a kid, and of its skin we make gloves. 

The cashmere goat is found in the country of that name; 
and the wool of this goat is used for making the famous cash- 
mere shawl. It takes a year to make a single cashmere shawl 
cf the best kind. 

On the trunk of a tree thrown over a deep stream two 
goats once met, each wanting to go his own way. 



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If two men had met so, they might have had hard words. 
One might have said, "Give way to me 3" and the other 
might have said, " No, you give way to me." What did 
these wise goats do ? Why, one of them just knelt down and 
let the other one jump over him. Each then went on his 
way in peace. 

Was not this much better than fighting ? Was it not bet- 
ter than the words that passed between two men who met on 
a narrow walk? ". I never give way for a knave," said one. 
"I always do," said the other, moving out of the way. 



45. THE LION AND THE FOX. 

There was once a fox who had never seen a lion ; and so, 
when he saw a lion for the first time, he was so scared that 
he did not know what to do. The lion did him no harm ; 
and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran to his hole, and 
there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, till he found 
he must go in search of food, and then he crept out. He 
did not see anything to make him afraid. 

But, some days after this, the fox once more met the same 
lion ; and this time the fox was not quite so scared. He 
looked the great king of beasts in the face, and, instead 
of creeping away in fright as before, trotted off slowly, and 
even stopped to look around. 

A third time the fox met the lion ; and this time went up 
to him as if there was nothing to fear, as much as to say, 
te Good-morning, sir Lion, how do you do this fine day ? I 
hope all the folks at home are well." The lion did not hurt 
the little fox. Thus we see that habit cures fear. So I have 
known a little boy to run away from a cow ; but after seeing 
the cow twice or thrice, the boy was not afraid. 



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46. ALFRED AND HIS MOTHER. 

Ten hundred years ago there lived in England a boy by 
the name of Alfred. His father was a king. The son of a 
king or a queen is called a prince. Alfred was a prince. 

He had a mother who was a good woman and fond of 
books. One day she had in her hands a book which had 
large letters in it made with a pen, for the art of printing was 
not then known. 

Alfred and his brothers liked the book very much, and 
their mother said, " I will give the book to him who shall 
first learn to read in it." 

That same day Alfred went to a man who could teach him 
to read ; and so well did Alfred give his mind to study that 
he soon learned to read, and so he won the book. 

He was proud of it all his life. When he was twenty-three 
years old, he became king of England. He was so wise and 
did so much good that he has been called Alfred the Great. 

His good deeds are felt even in our own day and land. 
Much of his greatness and goodness may be traced back to 
the time when he saw the book in his mother's hand, and 
made up his mind to learn to read. 

The aids for teaching you to read are much more than those 
which Alfred had, though he was a prince. If you would 
rise to be of any great use in the world, you must learn to 
read well. 



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47. THE KING BIRD. 

The king bird is not larger than a robin. He eats flies 
and worms and bugs and berries. 

He builds his nest in the trees near some house. When 
there are young ones, he sits on the top of a tree near them. 

There he sees that no bird shall come to hurt them, or 
their mother. If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes 
near, he makes a dash at it. He flies all around the eagle, 
and strikes him with his sharp bill. He will strike at his 
eye, and dart away, before the eagle can catch him. Or he 
will strike from behind and be off, before the eagle can turn 
round. 

In a short time the eagle wearies of such sport, and flies 
away. He is glad to get rid of such a foe. 

Is he not a brave bird ? As he can drive off all other 
birds, he is called the king bird. 

48. THE SEVEN STICKS. 

A man ha.d seven sons, who were always quarreling. They 
left their studies and work, to quarrel among themselves. 

Some bad men were looking forward to the death of their 
father, to cheat them out of their property, by making them 
quarrel about it. 

The good old man, one day, called his sons around him. 
He laid before them seven sticks, which were bound together. 
He said, " I will pay a hundred dollars to the one who can 
break this bundle." 

Each one strained every nerve to break the bundle. After 
a long, but vain trial, they all said that it could not be done. 
"And yet," said the father, " nothing is easier." He then 
untied the bundle, and broke the sticks, one by one, with 



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perfect ease. "Ah !" said his sons, "it is easy enough to do 
it so ; anybody could do it in that way. ' ' 

Their father replied, "As it is with these sticks, so is it with 
you, my sons. So long as you hold fast together, you will 
prosper, and none can injure you. But if the bond of union 
be broken it will happen to you as to these sticks, which lie 
here, broken, on the ground." 

Home, city, country, all are prosperous found, 
When by the powerful link of union bound. 



49. THE INDIAN. 

A gentleman was standing at his door, one evening, when 
an Indian came near, and asked for a drink of water. 

The man said to him, " I have none for you. Begone, 
you Indian dog." After fixing his eyes on the man for a 
while, the Indian went his way. 

Some time after, the man, who was very fond of hunting, 
went so far from home, that he was lost in the woods. 

After wandering about for some time, he saw an Indian 
hut. He went to it, in order to inquire his way home. 

The Indian, whom he found there, said : " The place of 
which you speak, is a long way off. You can not reach it 
to-night. But you are welcome to stay with me till morn- 

mg." 

The kind offer was gladly accepted. The Indian prepared 
some food for the man, and then spread some skins for him 
to sleep on, while he himself slept on the bare floor. 

In the morning, the Indian led the man back to his path. 
When he had brought him near his home, the Indian stepped 
before him, and asked him if he knew him. 



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" I believe I have seen you," was the reply. " Yes," said 
the Indian, " you have seen me at your own door. I will 
now give you a piece of advice. If, in future, a poor Indian, 
who is hungry, and thirsty, and weary, should ask you for a 
drink of water, do not say to him, ' Begone, you Indian 
dog.' " 

50. THE BROTHER AND SISTER. 

A great many years ago, I knew a little boy and girl. 
They were brother and sister, and loved each other with a 
strong and tender love. I saw them often, over their books, 
or at their play, or strolling, hand in hand, through the lanes 
and fields, always smiling and happy . 

One day, when they had strayed farther away from home 
than usual, a heavy shower came on, and they both became 
thoroughly drenched with the rain. The little girl took a 
severe cold. It seemed slight, at first ; but she soon grew 
worse, became very ill, and lived but a few days. 

They made her little grave in the edge of a grove, on the 
hill-side, where she and her brother often used to wander, to 
gather the wild flowers in spring, and listen to the songs of 
the birds. After the first wild burst of grief was past, every 
day the little boy would steal away to his sister's grave, and 
sit down beside it, and moan and weep for hours. 

One day, his mother asked him why he grieved so long 
and sorely. He replied, through his tears, " Because I did 
not love my sister more when she was alive. I was not al- 
ways good to her, but would sometimes get angry, and was 
cross and unkind. " And he turned away, and wept and 
sobbed as though his heart would break. 

Many, many years have passed since then. That boy is a 
man now, and far away from the little grave on the hill-side. 



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But he has never forgotten his darling sister. He often 
thinks of her, and still sadly grieves to remember that he was 
ever unkind to one so gentle and loving, whose life seemed 
as short and bright as a summer's day, and as sweet as the 
songs of the birds she loved so well. 



Si." ALEXANDER THE GREAT. 

Alexander lived many hundred years ago. He was king 
of Macedon, one of the states of Greece. His life was spent 
in war. He first conquered the other Grecian states, and 
then Persia and India, and other countries one by one, till 
the whole known world was conquered by him. 

It is said that he wept because there were no more worlds 
for him to conquer. He died, at the age of thirty-three, 
from drinking too much wine. In consequence of his great 
success in war, he was called " Alexander the Great." 



52. SPRING IN THE COUNTRY. 

Lucy Steiner is twelve years old. She once went to our 
school. She is now at the house of a dear friend, who lives 
ten miles from our city. 

Lucy sends notes to her aunt, in which she tells her how a 
part of her time is spent. " One bright day last week," she 
writes, " I left the house at ten o'clock, to take a walk. A 
small pet dog went with me. I first passed down a long 
lane. The fence on one side is an old hedge. I saw some 
birds, and a nest with four blue eggs in it. Men were at 
work, with plows and hoes, in a big field of corn. The fresh 
earth sent up a sweet smell. Plants and fruit-trees were in full 
bloom. They were bright with green, white, red, and gold 



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I went through a small wood, in which most of the trees were 
large. They were beech, birch, elm, oak, and ash. 

There is a clear, cold creek, in a deep gulf, in this wood. 
A ledge of rocks made it hard work for me to get down to it. 
I sat on a big stone to rest, and saw the fish play in the 
stream. The dog was near my feet. A thrush sang a sweet 
song in an old elm. I crossed a stone bridge on my way 
home, and came back by the road." 



53. A LETTER. 

Boston, Sept. 3, 1875. 
Dear Sister Mary : 

I arrived at Boston last night, and found Uncle at the 

station waiting for me. To-day Auntie and I have been to 

the public garden. What a pretty place it is ! I wish you 

had been with us. There are trees and flowers and green 

grass ; and in the middle is a pond with a stone bridge over 

it. There are boats on the pond, and we got into one of 

them, and a man rowed us about. I liked it very much. 

There are ducks and swans on the pond, and I saw some 
boys and girls throwing pieces of bread on the water, for 
them to eat. 

I shall send you a longer letter to-morrow, or the next 
day. Auntie is going to take Cousin George and me to the 
Museum this afternoon. 

Your affectionate brother, 

Charles. 



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54. THE FOX AND THE GOAT. 

A fox once fell into a well and did not know how to get 
out. A large goat came along, and, looking into the well, 
said, " Ho ! ho ! Mister Fox, how came you to get into the 
well ? You must be very thirsty, and the water must be very 
good." 

" Ah, indeed ! my dear friend," said the fox, " this is the 
sweetest water I have ever tasted. Come down and drink 
all you want ; here is water enough for both of us ! It's so 
good I cannot stop drinking it." 

Down jumped long-beard at once into the well, to try the 
sweet water ; then the fox leaped on his back, and to his 
horns, and with another light spring he was out of the well. 

Turning round, he said to the goat il Sir, I hope you 
will like the taste of the water , but be careful, for you well 
know, too much will not be good for your health. When 
you get tired, you can sit down. If I pass this way to-mor- 
row, I will look in. Good morning." 

Never trust those who are known to be sly and selfish. 

55. AN ANECDOTE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT. 

The king was fond of children ; he liked to have his 
grand-nephews about him. One day, while the king sat at 
work in his cabinet, the younger of the two, a boy of eight 
or nine, was playing with a ball about the room, and 
knocked it several times into the writing materials of the 
king, who twice or thrice flung it back to him, but next 
time put it in his pocket and went on. " Please, Your 
Majesty, give it back to me," begged the boy, again and 
again ; the king took no notice, but continued writing. At 
length came, in a tone of indignation, " Will Your Majesty 






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give me my ball, then ?" The king looked up, found the 
little Hohenzollern planted firmly, hands on hips, and wear- 
ing quite a peremptory air. " Thou art a brave little fellow. 
They won't get Silesia out of thee !" cried he, laughing, and 
flinging him his ball. 

56. NOTE OF INVITATION. 

Mrs. Miller's compliments to Miss Brown and requests the 
pleasure of her company to tea, Wednesday evening, May 
17, at 7 o'clock. 

Monday, May 15. 

NOTE OF REGRET. 

Miss Brown's compliments to Mrs. Miller, and regrets that 
illness will not permit the pleasure of her accepting the kind 
invitation for Wednesday evening. 

Tuesday, May 16. 

57. WATER. 

How wonderful is water, 
Though we see it every day ! 
It's clear as air, and useful 
For more than I can say. 

It's very good for drinking, 
It helps the ships to sail. 
It falls from clouds in raining, 
And in the snow and hail. 

What could we do without it ? 
No trees or grass could grow ; 
And we should all be thirsty, 
And not know where to go. 



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The oceans would be valleys 
That never could be passed ; 
No clouds would come to shade us, 
And the earth would be a waste. 

How good a thing is water 

To every thirsty child ! 

Strong drink will make men angry, 

This makes us calm and mild. 



58. SNOW-HOUSES. 

In the winter season there are many ways, in which boys 
amuse themselves with the ice and snow. They dig caves in 
the snow, throw water on the bottom and sides, and let it 
freeze, so that it may become hard. They also make snow- 
houses, with doors, windows, and rooms in them ; and they 
put flags on these snow-houses, and call them castles and 
forts. 

They divide themselves into parties, and storm and take 
each other's forts, running at them in play, and throwing 
snow-balls at them. When they have taken a for t, they pull 
down the flag, which was on it, and with great parade erect 
their own in its place, just as soldiers do ; for boys are very 
fond of playing soldier. 

In a certain cold country, many years ago, a great queen 
built a palace of ice, with many large rooms and halls in it. 
It had floors, carpets, chairs, tables, sofas, bureaus and 
mirrors in it ; and it was lighted up with many hundreds of 
candles and colored lamps. 

Many ladies and gentlemen went into this ice palace, and 
sang and danced, and had a great supper. But the ice 
palace did not last long, for the sun soon melted it. So it is 






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with most of our pleasures. Like the palace of ice, they soon 
pass away, never to return. But kindness, love, and truth, 
are never lost. 



59. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF LISBON, IN 1755, 

commenced with a dull, rumbling sound below the surface, 
immediately followed by a tremendous shock, which threw 
down a large part of the city ; and, in the space of six 
minutes, 60,000 people perished. The sea retired to a dis- 
tance, only to return in a vast wave, fifty feet high. The un- 
fortunate people rushed from the falling buildings to secure 
shelter on the new and massive marble quay, which suddenly 
sank with them into the sea, the water closing over the spot 
to the depth of 600 feet. Not a single fragment of the many 
vessels, nor one of the thousands of human bodies that were 
drawn into this frightful chasm, ever floated to the surface ; 
all being engulfed in the fissures, which opened and immedi- 
ately closed over them. 



60. NUMBERING HAIRS. 

We do not think it possible for any one to estimate the 
exact number of hairs on our heads, but perhaps it is 
possible to approximate it. At least, some one pretends 
he has done so, and this industrious mortal says the number 
varies according to the color of the hair. Light or blonde 
hair is the most plentiful, producing, on an average, 140,000 
hairs to a very common sized head. Brown hair runs up 
only to 110,000, while black hair, being coarser still, reaches 
only the average amount of 103,000. 



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One would naturally suppose that a light haired person's 
head would be heavy, as he has the most hair to carry ; but 
it is not so, for the light-colored hair is also the lightest in 
weight ; while the possessor of raven tresses carries around 
more weight on her head than the flaxen-haired one, even 
though she cannot boast of as many curls. 

6 1. THE BOY OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE. 

How would you like to live in a light-house with the sea 
all round you ? How would you like to hear the winds of 
March sweep over the wild waves, and you all the while shut up 
where you could not place your foot on dry land. I know a 
boy who lives in a light-house. He is not nine years old, 
and his name is George. His father is the man who keeps 
the light-house. George helps him clean the lamps. When 
the fog is thick, George rings the fog-bell. That is to warn 
the folks in the ships to keep off from the ledge of rocks that 
lie near. You would laugh to see the room George has to 
sleep in, it is so small. It is but five feet long, and less than 
five feet wide ; yet George finds space in it for a chest, a box 
of books, a chair, a spy-glass, a flute, a flower-pot, and a bird 
in a cage. At times, the wind blows so hard as to dash the 
waves high up, and wet the glass of the window in his small 
room. Then the light-house will shake — shake as if it would 
fall. It did fall once, when it was not as strong as now. 
But George does not fear. At night he says his prayers, and 
lies down to sleep, calm and glad, though the storm roars 
and the waves rise and moan. As soon as the days grow 
mild, George will go in his boat to the shore, and have a good 
run on the beach. How glad he will be to see the grass 
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from twig to twig ! For long weeks he must look out on the 
wild waves ; but soon he will scent the new-mown hay and 
the flowers. 



62. CHILDREN IN A BALLOON. 

Some years ago, in a town at the West, a man had a bal- 
loon ; and he would let people go up in it while he held it 
by a long rope, so that he could pull the balloon back to the 
earth at will. Once a little girl about six years old, and her 
brother about four, thought they would like to go up in the 
balloon just a short way, not much higher than the top of an 
apple tree. So their father lifted them into the basket of the 
balloon, and it rose while the man held it by the rope. But 
all at once he let the rope slip out of his hands. Then up 
up, sprang the balloon, carrying the children up to the blue 
sky, far, far away from their dear father and mother. There 
was no rope by which they could be pulled back to the 
ground. The balloon rose so high that the trees, the houses, 
and the people on the earth looked like small specks. The 
two children began to cry, and the little boy looked over the 
edge of the basket ; but his sister pulled him back for fear 
that he would fall out. They did not know what to do. It 
soon began to grow quite cold. The children found some 
bread, and ate it. Then the boy grew sleepy; at last the 
bright sun sank, and it was dark night . The children both 
went to sleep. The next morning, when they woke and 
found themselves high up in the air, they hardly knew what 
to make of it. By and by the little girl saw a string and 
pulled it. This moved a valve that let the gas out, and the 
balloon began to sink slowly down to the earth. At last the 
basket hit the top of a tree, and the children saw men and 



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women running, this way and that, to catch hold of the rope 
which hung from the basket . Soon a man caught hold of the 
rope, the balloon was drawn down, and the children were 
taken out. How glad they were ! Their father and mother, 
who had been grieving all night, came to meet them, and 
there was joy on all sides. The folks of the town, where the 
balloon was stopped, fired guns and rang the bells, so glad 
were they to know the children were safe. 



6 3 , DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. 

Boys, when people tell you of how great men have failed 
in laudable undertakings, don't be downcast, but remember 
that failure does not always mean defeat. Here are some 
notable failures, but would these men ever have been known, 
had they allowed their failures to vanquish their courage and 
resolution ? 

Horace Greeley tried three or four lines of business before 
he founded "The Tribune" and made it worth $1,000,000. 

Patrick Henry failed at everything he undertook until he 
made himself the ornament of his age and nation by his 
eloquence. 

Stephen A. Douglas made dinner tables, bedsteads, 
and bureaus, many a long year, before he made himself a giant 
on the floor of Congress. 

Abraham Lincoln failed to "make both ends meet" by 
chopping wood ; failed to "earn his salt" in the galley-slave 
life of a Mississippi flat-boatman; he had not even wit enough 
to run a grocery and make it pay ; and yet he made himself 
a grand character of the nineteenth century. 

General Grant failed at everything except smoking a 
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enough to purchase a pair of breeches. A dozen years ago 
he "brought up" on top of a wood-pile, " teaming it" to 
town for $40 a month; and yet he was twice elected president 
of a great nation. 



64. SUGAR. 

Sugar is made from a tall plant, called the sugar-cane, 
which grows in the West Indies and other hot lands. The 
canes are planted in rows. It is really a grass, though it 
does not look much like a grass. 

When ripe enough for use, the canes are cutoff near the 
roots. They are then pressed between heavy iron rollers, 
till all the juice is squeezed out and falls into a tub. This 
sweet juice is then boiled till it becomes a thick syrup. 
Afterwards it is put into great tubs to drain. What drains 
out is molasses ; what remains in the tub is a moist brown 
sugar. 

Loaf sugar, which is white and hard, is made from brown 
sugar by boiling and cleaning. While it is soft it is run into 
moulds. It is sometimes cut into lumps and sold in this 
form. 

Sugar is also obtained from beet- root, and in some parts 
of our country a great deal is made from the sap of a tree 
called the sugar-maple. 



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65. A NEWSPAPER "ITEM." 

One of the boldest outrages that have transpired here for 
some time was perpetrated last night. A well-known citizen 
of the town of Scott, Michael H — , was robbed of something 
over $900. Mr. H — had been at Chicago, where he had 
received quite a large amount of money. He returned to 
Green Bay yesterday morning, and, as is his usual custom, 
put up at the Adams House. During the day he was on the 
street, and in the evening was with some companions in the 
Home Saloon. About a quarter of ten o'clock he left the 
saloon by the rear door, and started to go to the Adams 
House by way of the alley. 

He had crossed the alley and just entered the hotel back 
yard, when a man jumped from the shadow of the fence and 
dealt him a heavy blow in the region of the left temple. He 
staggered a moment and then fell. He remembers that two men 
pounced upon him, and, tearing open his vest, snatched the 
roll of bills, which consisted of five one-hundred-dollar 
notes, the remainder being of various denominations. The 
wound bled profusely, and Mr. H — could scarcely reach 
the house in consequence of weakness. It was so dark that 
he could not recognize the men, and has no idea who they 
were. He did not exhibit his money during the day, nor tell 
any one that he had it. 

Mr. H. is an old man, aged about seventy, and a hard 
worker. The loss of the money is a serious matter to him, 
and it is to be hoped that the perpetrators of the crime may 
be arrested and receive their deserts. Mr. H — to-day is 
weak from the loss of blood, and has some fever, resulting 
from the wound and excitement, but is not seriously injured. 



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66. THE RHINE. 



The Rhine, in the west of Europe, is one of the most 
beautiful rivers in the world, and the people who live near 
it love it dearly. It runs through a mountainous country, 
beautiful and thickly settled. All along the banks are pretty 
villages ; and every little while a great city spreads out in a 
wider valley, with many queer-looking church steeples rising 
between the hill-tops. Between and around the villages, the 
hill-sides and slopes near the river are covered with vineyards, 
fresh and green. These vineyards are fields of grape vines, 
planted in rows, and carefully twined on poles. 

Often travelers sailing up the Rhine in the right season 
may see the country people, in their bright, gay dressec, 
gathering the grapes. 



67. WALTER SCOTT AND THE BEGGAR. 

Sir Walter Scott, the great novelist, was one day taking a 
ride with a friend. On their way they came to a field-gate, 
which an Irisri beggar, who happened to be near, opened for 
them. Sir Walter wished to reward the man for his attention 
by giving him sixpence ; but he found that he had not so 
small a coin in his purse. "Here, my good fellow," said 
the baronet, "here is a shilling for you; but remember, 
you owe me sixpence." 

" God bless your honor !" exclaimed the Irishman, " may 
your honor live till I pay you !" 



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68. VENICE. 



Venice is not only wonderful, there is no city in the world 
like it j for though some of the Dutch cities, as Amsterdam, 
may be said to remind one of it, they do no more, and 
Venice has no peer. It has neither pastures for cattle, nor 
meadows for sheep, nor cornfields, nor orchards, nor vine- 
yards — has, in a word, not a yard of soil for the growth of 
any human food, but stands isolated by a belt of shallow 
sea. Hence the traffic in all kinds of merchandise is carried 
on in barges, boats and gondolas ; hence the quay sides are 
studded with stalls for fish, flesh and fowls of all sorts, while 
piles of green stuff — many-colored, many-flavored fruits, huge 
gourds and luscious figs, are heaped against the moldering 
marble of old palaces. Wood, meat, vegetables, fruit, 
water, and so on, are all brought in boats and barges from 
the main-land, six, eight, or ten miles distant, rowed across 
the lagoon and through the canal streets. The bustle of 
these laden boats, the variety of their cargoes, their passing 
to and fro, and their lading and unlading at the various quay 
sides and water steps, make up a large and picturesque part 
of the daily out-door lifeof Venice. 



jg. CATCHING WILD DUCKS. 

A traveler in Arabia saw people catching wild ducks in the 
harbor of Jedda, an Oriental city, in the following manner : 
An Arab stripped himself and cautiously waded into the 
water up to his neck. He then covered his head quietly 
with sea-weed. When properly arranged, he glided off to 
where the birds were busily employed in swimming about, 
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at the approaching mass, which was evidently regarded by 
them as floating weeds. Fairly in among them, he reached 
up and caught them by the legs, till satisfied for that occasion 
with the number which were then secured, and then wended 
his way to the shore. 



70. LEARN TO OBEY. 

There was a boy at our school, whose name was John 
Gray. He used to wear an old cloth cap and a long white 
apron. The boys laughed at him because of that apron. 
But John laughed back, and said, "He laughs best who 
laughs last." "What do you mean by that?" asked the 
boys. " Live and learn, ' ' he replied. His mother was poor, 
and John did not like to see her all day at work at the wash- 
tub. He found he could save her much work if he kept his 
clothes clean. So he used to wear that apron. What did he 
care if the boys laughed? "The best of it is, my 
mother can laugh too, when she finds I make such little work 
for her," thought John. One day John went with his 
mother in a railroad car to the city. John put his head out 
of the window of the car for a moment. " Take your head 
in my son," said she. Quick as a flash he drew his head in. 
He did not stop to ask, " Why can I not keep my head 
out?" He minded his mother at once, and without why. 



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71. KNOX CAVE. 

Springfield, Mo., Aug. 3, 1875. 
Dear Friend : — 

My two uncles, one aunt, and one little cousin, were 
visiting us last summer, and one morning mamma proposed 
that we should go to Knox Cave. We put up a lunch, and 
sent for a carriage; we started and rode about six miles, and 
stopped at a farm-house and asked if we were near the cave. 
The farmer said we were on the wrong road, and we would 
have to go back three miles. We went back and saw a sign- 
board on a tree, and we saw a farm-house. The keeper lived 
in it ; the house was fenced in, and beyond it was a meadow 
in which was a large spring, by which we sat and ate our 
lunch. 

By that time the man was ready to take us to the cave, 
which was quite a distance. He gave us each a candle, and 
we had to pay fifty cents each to get in. It was under a hill. 
The entrance was something like a narrow hall. It took us 
quite a time to get used to the darkness. It was very cold in 
some places, and warm in others. We could hear the water 
drip and see the stones that hung from the wall. They 
looked like icicles when they are melted and the water is 
dripping from them. The cave is a perfect wonder, with 
statues, potato and tomato patches, springs that are so clear 
and still you would hardly believe them to be water. 

One statue, the "Indian woman," is said to be a petrified 
woman. In some places the rocks from the top and bottom 
meet and form grottoes, and there are fairy bowers, rock 
sponges full of water, brown and looking like sponges. It 
took us two hours to go through it. 

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* 72. THE STORM. 

It was a cold night. The wind blew and the snow fell. 
We sat by the fire and were glad that we had a good warm 
home in such a storm. First, we read our books ; then we 
looked at maps, and talked of far-off lands. " I would like 
to go to Spain or France," said Charles. "Not in such a 
storm as this," said Jane; a I should want fair winds and a 
smooth sea, and warm, mild days." While we talked there 
was a loud knock at the door. " Who can it be at this late 
hour ?" said Kate. " Some one may have lost his way in the 
thick snow," said Charles ; " I will go and see." So Charles 
took a lamp and went to the door, and found that on the 
steps stood a poor old man. "What do you want, sir?" 
asked Charles. "I have lost my way," said the old man. 
" The snow is so thick that it blinds me. My hands are 
numb. I am quite cold, and I have not had food these nine 
hours." " Come in, poor old man," said Charles — " come 
in and sit by our fire, and we will get some food for you, and 
you shall stay with us, if you will, all night." Then the 
old man was glad. He came in ; he sat by the fire ; some 
food and warm tea were got for him ; and though the wind 
still blew, and the snow still fell, he ate and talked and 
smiled. He told us tales of his young days ; of the scenes 
he had gone through, both on sea and land ; and so much 
did we like to hear him talk that we sat up with him till it 
was quite late. The old man slept in our house that night ; 
and the next day, as soon as he had had his breakfast, he 
thanked us for all we had done for him, and bade us good by. 



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73. RAIN. 

We call drops of water, that descend from above, rain. 
These drops fall from the clouds, but for fear you may ask 
me how the water reaches the clouds, I will add that the at- 
mosphere is the through-express-train that carries the water 
from the ocean, or other body of water, to the sky. It does 
not, however, ascend in the form of water. The sun breathes 
upon it gently and converts it into vapor, which is borne 
above, and forms clouds. 

Rain is very useful. It makes the trees, and the plants 
and flowers grow ; it cools the air on a hot summer day, 
and seems to revive us, as well as Dame Nature herself. 



74. SPARROWS IN NEW YORK. 

Those who visit the city of New York, and go to the 
public parks, are often surprised to see so many English 
sparrows flying around. A few years ago, some of these birds 
were brought from England, and put into Union Park to de- 
stroy the worms that infested the trees, and annoyed those 
who visited the park These little brown birds did their 
work so well, that every one was pleased with them ; and 
now thousands of them may be seen in the parks, along the 
streets, in the yards, and around the houses of New York. 

These birds are very tame; for the children feed them with 
canary-seed, crumbs of bread, sweet cake, sugar, and many 
other things. No one hurts them ; but all, young and old, 
give a kind greeting to the little strangers. In some of the 
parks, little bird-houses have been hung on the trees to shel- 
ter them, and to provide places in which they may build 
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the birds are protected from cold and rain, and thus have 
been able to endure the severe weather of our winter ; for in 
England the climate is milder than in New York. 

This little bird is about six inches long, brown above, and 
of lighter color beneath. The eggs are five or six, and it 
rears several broods in a season ; hence its rapid increase. 



75. METALS. 

The principal metals are gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, 
tin and zinc. Metals are dug from mines in the earth, where 
they are found usually mixed with rocky substances. 

Gold is a yellow metal, and is very scarce and dear. It is 
made into money, also into rings for wearing on the fingers. 

Silver is white and shining. It is made into money, 
spoons, pitchers and other things ; but it is not as scarce nor 
as dear as gold. 

Iron is the most useful of all the 'metals. It is made into 
nails, locks, hinges, hammers, axes and all other tools. When 
made very hard, iron is called steel, and is made into knives, 
needles, scissors and other useful articles. 

Copper is red or brown, and is made into pieces of 
money, also into large sheets for the sheathing of ships, and 
for other uses. 

Lead is of a light-blue color, and is softer than the other 
metals. Rich lead-mines are to be found in Iowa county, in 
the State of Wisconsin. 

Tin is of a light color, but harder than lead. It is used 
for covering the inside of pans and vessels for cooking, as it 
does not readily rust. Zinc is made into large sheets for 
covering roofs. 



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Brass is a light-yellow metal, made from a mixture of cop- 
per and zinc. Many articles for the house are made of brass. 
Bells are made of a mixture of copper and tin, but chiefly 
copper. Some bells are small, and some are as tall as a man. 



76. BIRDS. 

How do you like the robin ? He comes to see us early in 
the spring. He likes to build a nest in the apple-tree, and 
he does not seem to care how near he gets to the house. 

But perhaps the blue-bird comes a little earlier than the 
robin. Sometimes he comes a little too early, before the cold 
weather is past. He sings merrily enough for a day or two, 
when the weather is pleasant, and then he begins to think 
about building a nest. 

But suddenly there comes a wind from the north-east, and 
the clouds cover the sky ; and the rain — the cold, cold rain 
pours down on the poor bird and his mate. Alas ! alas ! 
how cold they are ! But they get into as warm a place as 
they can find, until the storm is over, and the weather is 
warm again ; and then you will hear the blue-bird sing as 
merrily as he did before. 

Blue-birds build their nests in holes in trees ; but they do 
not make the holes for their nests, for their bills are not 
fitted for boring holes. They often find a hole that some 
other bird has made, and they make their home there, after 
the bird has left. 

The sparrows are very little birds. Did you ever see a 
ground-sparrow's nest ? The sparrow has its nest in the 
grass, and the eggs are very small and spotted. 

But what about the swallows ? The most common swallows 
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sometimes quite early in the spring — under the eaves of the 
barn, and inside of the barn against the rafters. 

There are chimney-swallows, which build their nests in 
chimneys. There are bank-swallows, also. 

Did you ever see a quail? A quail? Certainly I have 
seen quails, and I have heard them too. They sing a song 
that sounds like "more wheat ! more wheat !" They like 
wheat, and perhaps that is the reason why the boys say they 
sing "more wheat." In the winter quails are very fat, and 
a great many of them are killed to be eaten. Boys catch 
them in box-traps made of boards, or in snares, as they 
catch rabbits. Did you ever try to find a quail's nest? No 
doubt you have, if you have rambled much in the country. 
But did you find it ? I think not. The quail makes her 
nest on the ground. When she sees you coming she creeps 
slyly away from the nest, and when she thinks she has gone 
far enough, she makes a great noise to attract your attention. 
You think the nest is near that spot, but the quail is only 
cheating you. She is very cunning. If you follow her, she 
hobbles around as if she could neither run nor fly ; but when 
she has led you far enough from the nest, she starts up sud- 
denly, and flies rapidly away. 



77. THE POTATO. 

The potato was originally found in America only. In 1586, 
Francis Drake, a celebrated English sea-farer, sent the first 
potatoes to England ; but before this time one John Hawkins 
had introduced them into Ireland. In Spain, however, and 
Italy, and in the Netherlands they had been cultivated even 
before that time. Drake had sent a few potatoes with a let- 
ter, in which he recommended them as a most useful food, 



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to some Lord, who had them planted in his own garden. 
When the balls, which contain the seeds, were yellow, he 
gave them to his cook, to prepare in several different dishes, 
invited a number of guests, delivered a great speech to them 
about the importance of this new kind of food for the people 
of Europe, and then bade his guests, taste of the fruit. But 
they all declared it was abominable ; it might be a. very pro- 
per food in tropical countries, but not in Great Britain, 
where it did not fully ripen. 

The next morning the nobleman directed his gardener to 
destroy the plants. A fire was kindled, and the plants torn 
from the ground and thrown in. Some of the bulbs, when 
roasted, spread so delicious a smell, that the gardener tasted 
them, and in this way it was discovered what part of the 
plant was eatable. 



78. THE WILD GOOSE. 

On the approach of spring, we are accustomed to see flocks 
of these birds, high in the air, arranged in a straight line, or 
in two lines coming to a point. In both cases, they are led 
by an old gander, who, every now and then, pipes forth 
his well known " honk," as if to ask how they all come on j 
and the " honk," of 6i all's well," is returned by some of the 
party. They continue their flight, day and night, usually in 
a straight line. 

It is generally supposed that these flocks of wild geese are 
going to the northern lakes. But the people there are as 
ignorant as we are, of their destination. In the region of 
the lakes they are still seen, pursuing their northern journey, 
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On their return, vast numbers of the geese are killed by 
sportsmen, in the northern, western, and southern waters. 
The wounded ones are often tamed, and readily pair with the 
common gray goose. 



79. THE POOR BOY. 

Fifty or sixty years ago a little boy resided at a little 
village near Dillingen, on the banks of the beautiful Danube. 
His parents were very poor, and almost as soon as the boy 
could walk, he was sent into the woods, to pick up sticks for 
fuel. When he grew older, his father taught him to pick 
juniper-berries, and carry them to a neighboring distil- 
ler, who wanted them for making hollands. Day by day the 
poor boy went to his task, and on his road he passed by the 
open windows of the village school, where he saw the school- 
master teaching a number of boys of about the same age as 
himself. He looked at these boys with feelings almost of 
envy, so earnestly did he long to be among them. He 
knew it was in vain to ask his father to send him to school, 
for his parents had no money to pay the school-master ; and 
he often passed the whole day thinking, while he was gather- 
ing his juniper- berries, what he could possibly do to please 
the school-master, in the hope of getting some lessons. 



80. MORE ABOUT THE POOR BOY. 

One day, when he was walking sadly along, he saw two of 
the boys belonging to the school, trying to set a bird trap, 
and he asked one, what it was for. The boy told him, that 
the school-master was very fond of fieldfares, and that they 
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This delighted the poor boy, for he recollected, that he had 
often seen a great number of those birds in the juniper 
wood, where they came to eat the berries, and he had no 
doubt but he could catch some. 

The next day the poor boy borrowed an old basket of his 
mother, and when he went to the wood he had the good 
fortune to catch two fieldfares. He put them in the basket, 
and tying an old handkerchief over it, took them to the 
school-master's house. Just as he arrived at the door he saw 
the two little boys who had been setting the trap, and with 
some alarm he asked them if they had caught any birds. 
They answered in the negative ; and the boy, his heart beat- 
ing with joy, gained admittance into the school-master's pres- 
ence. In a few words he told how he had seen the boys 
setting the trap, and how he had caught the birds to bring 
them as a present to the master. 

"A present, my good boy!" cried the school-master ; 
" you do not look as if you could afford to make presents. 
Tell me your price and I will pay it to you and thank you 
besides/' 

" I would rather give them to you, sir ;" said the boy, " if 
you will please teach me Reading and Writing." 

The school-master looked at the boy, as he stood before 
him with bare head and feet, and said: '"Well, my good 
boy, you shall go to school." 

And the teacher not only taught him to read and write in 
a very short time, but recommended him to a well-to-do 
man, who, at his own expense, sent him to a high school. 
And the boy grew to be a learned man. 






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81. THE WORLD. 

Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world, 
With the wonderful water 'round you curled, 

And the wonderful grass upon your breast, 
World, you are beautifully dressed. 

The wonderful air is over me, 

And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree, 
It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, 

And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. 

You, friendly earth ! how far do you go 

With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, 
With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, 

And people upon you for thousands of miles ? 

Ah ! you are so great, and I am so small, 

I tremble to think of you, world, at all ; 
And, when I think of that, every day, 

A whisper within me seems to say : 

" You are more than the Earth, 

Though you are such a dot ; 
You can love and think, 

And the Earth can not 1" 



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82. MAMMOTH CAVE. 

A great natural wonder, called Mammoth Cave, is to be 
seen in the soft limestone region of the state of Kentucky. 
Many persons visit it, and go in several miles under the 
ground, being sometimes obliged to cross little streams in the 
cave. Torches are carried to give light, and the sparkling 
rocks which hang over-head glitter like icicles in the torch- 
light. 

83. THE POPPY. 

Edwin found a bright-red flower in the wheat-field and 
brought it home to his mother. " What can it be ? Is it a 
lily?" he asked. 

" No," said his mother, " it is a poppy. Have yousmelled 
it !" "Yes," replied Edwin, "and I do not like the smell 
of it. It is not as sweet as a rose or a pink." " No ; this 
is a flower from which a poisonous drug, called opium, is 
made. A very small bit of opium would put you to sleep, 
and a large piece would kill you." 



84. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. 

There was once a clown at a circus who was so great a 
favorite that the people who went to see him act thought that 
no one could do as well as he. He would imitate the blow- 
ing of the wind, the buzzing of a fly, or the noise made in saw- 
ing a stick ; but the best thing he did was to squeal like a 

Pig- 

Once, when he had ')een amusing his hearers by squealing 
like a pig, a farmer rose and said that he could do it 
better, if they would let him try it the next day. So the 



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next day, after the clown had squealed like a pig, much to 
the delight of a large crowd, the farmer came on the stage 
to try his skill. 

The clown had pretended that he had a pig in his vest ; and 
so, when the farmer, who really had a pig hid in his 
vest, made the motion of pinching the pig, no one thought 
that the pig was truly there. The real squealing of a pig, 
fast and furious, was now heard ; but the crowd, thinking 
the sound came from the farmer, hissed him, and said 
he could not squeal as well as the clown. On this the farmer 
drew forth the pig, held him up, and said, " Look here ! 
This shows what sort of judges you are. You have been 
hissing not me, but the poor/^." 



85. HOW TO RUIN HEALTH. 

A humorous writer gives the following rules for ruining 
health : 

Stay in bed late. Eat hot suppers. Turn day into night, 
and night into day. Take no exercise. Always ride when 
you can walk. Never mind about wet feet. Have half a 
dozen doctors. Take all the medicine they give you. Try 
every new quack. If that doesn't kill you, doctor yourself. 



86. FATE OF IDLERS. 

The man who did not think it was respectable to bring up 
his children to work, has just heard from his three sons. One 
of them is a driver on a canal, another has been taken up as 
a vagrant, and the third has gone to a certain public insti- 
tution, to learn to hammer stone under a keeper. 



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87. A LETTER. 

Cincinnati, Aug. 29, 1875. 
Mrs. Annie F. Porter, 

Dear Madam : 

Seeing an advertisement in this morn- 
ing's " Press " for a good, plain and fancy cook, I take the 
opportunity to apply for the situation. I have been with my 
present mistress, Mrs. Williams, for three years, and only 
leave because she has rented her house for the summer, to 
make an extensive visit among her relatives in New England. 
I shall remain here until Tuesday next, unless I find a 
place sooner, and Mrs. Williams will give you any informa- 
tion you may desire regarding my capacity. 

I remain, very respectfully, 
Henriette Zellheim. 



8& NEW YORK CITY. 

New York, at the mouth of the Hudson, is the largest city 
in America, and the best known in other lands. The coun- 
try all around is rich and thickly settled, and there is a good 
harbor for vessels. Thousands of merchants from different 
parts of the inland states go twice a year to New York to 
buy new supplies of goods ; and ships from abroad come 
here, where their cargoes can be sold quickly, and where 
they can be loaded with cotton, grain, and other American 
products, to carry back to their own countries. There is 
always a forest of masts in the bay ; and, every day, vessels 
come from, and sail for, all parts of the world. This is not 
only the busiest, but the gayest of our cities, and every kind 
of amusement is to be found. 






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89. A WITTY YOUTH. 

A shoemaker had an apprentice, who boarded in his 
family. The master's wife was avaricious, and gave the poor 
boy hardly enough to eat ; — and as to butter for his bread, 
that was entirely out of the question. 

The boy wished to bring this fact to the attention of his 
master, who, he knew, did not notice such matters. Once, 
at dinner, the boy began to weep bitterly. "What is the 
matter with you, boy?" asked his kind master. "Of what 
have you to complain?" "Oh, master," <:aid the boy, sobbing, 
" it appears to me, that my eye-sight is growing dim. I can- 
no longer see the butter on my bread." 

The master saw at a glance how matters stood, and inti- 
mated to his wife, that she might let the apprentice have 
something to put on his bread. She handed him a very thin 
slice of cheese, when the youth fell to chuckling, and mut- 
tered: "Master, it seems to me, that I have regained my 
sight ; for I can recognize the features of your wife through 
this cheese." 



90. AN ANECDOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. 

While John Branch, of North Carolina, was General Jack- 
son's Secretary of the Navy, he, Tazewell, and Daniel Web- 
ster were walking on the north bank of the Potomac, at 
Washington. Tazewell, willing to amuse himself with 
Branch's simplicity, said : "Branch, I'll bet you a ten-dol- 
lar hat that I can prove that you are on the other side of the 
river. ' ' 

" Done," said Branch. 

"Well," said Tazewell, pointing to the opposite shore, 
"isn't that one side of the river?" 



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"Yes." 

" Well, isn't this the other side?" 

"Yes." 

" Then, as you are here, are you not on the other side?" 

" Why, I declare," said Branch, "so it is ! But here comes 
Webster. I'll win back the hat from him." 

Webster had lagged behind, but now came up, and Branch 
accosted him. 

" Webster, I'll bet you a ten-dollar hat that I can prove 
that you are on the other side of the river." 

"Done!" 

" Well, isn't this one side?" 

"Yes." 

" Well, isn't that the other side?" 

" Yes, — but I am not on that side !" 

Branch hung his head, and submitted to the loss of the two 
hats as quietly as he could . 



91. A LEGEND OF TYROL. 

In the Zillerthal, about half an hour's walk from the little 
village of Fuegen, in a small valley on the right side of the 
entrance to the vast forest of Binkerwald, lies a rock some 
two cubic feet in measure, bearing on its side a rude cross 
chiseled in the stone. The rock is noted all over the coun- 
try; for each time it is removed from its resting place, by 
some supernatural power it is again moved to the same spot. 
Why it wanders about in this strange manner, nobody knows, 
but why it stands there, is known t® every little village child 
in the surrounding country. At the end of the last century, 
two peasant women of Fuegen, were engaged by the day in 
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Mountain. The farmer, anxious to get in his corn while the 
weather lasted, promised to increase their wages if they 
hastened on with their work. At this promise, both the girls 
redoubled their efforts, but at the end of the week, instead of 
paying them alike, the farmer gave to one of them two 
loaves of bread, while to the other he gave but one. On 
their way home, close by Fuegen, and on the spot where now 
lies the stone, the two women began to quarrel about the 
bread, and at last this dispute grew so hot that they fell to 
fighting with their sickles, and like tigresses, the sight of 
blood seemed only to increase their ferocity; and what seems 
to be incredible, but which is nevertheless perfectly true, 
they fought until they both fell down and bled to death on 
the spot. Here they were buried, and over them was placed 
the stone which still remains there, — but none of the villagers 
will pass that way after night-fall. 



92. LIFE IN HOLLAND. 

Holland is a flat country on the coast ; and the land is so 
low, that the water from the sea sometimes overflows it for 
miles, destroying fields, houses, and even whole villages. 
But the people build up a sort of wall, called dike, to keep 
the water back ; and unless these dikes break down, which 
sometimes happens, the country is safe. 

Holland is the home of the Dutch ; and they are very fond 
of sailing and skating. Market women often go miles on 
their skates. Perhaps because they have not a very large 
country at home, and because they live so much in sight of 
the sea, the children talk of ships and trading, until each boy 
has a fancy to visit the strange lands he hears of, or to trade 



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for himself. In this way, many of them become sailors be- 
fore they are twelve years old. 

Amsterdam is a large city, to which many of our own ves- 
sels go. The river Rhine passes through Holland on its way 
to the sea , and many fine, tall pines are brought down on its 
waters from the Black Forest to make masts for Dutch ves- 
sels. 

93. TWO SUNSETS IN ONE DAY. 

Professor Steiner says that one of the finest sights he ever 
saw was the view he had of two sunsets, while on a balloon 
trip from Milwaukee. He was at a certain altitude the first 
time when he saw the sun go down on Lake Michigan, and 
then descended on the waters of the lake. Afterwards he 
commenced rising very rapidly, and soon reached such an 
altitude that the fiery orb again began to rise, apparently, 
upon the western waters, and ere long he was once more in 
sunlight. Then, as he descended again, the sun sank beneath 
the waters a second time, thus affording two sunset views in 
a single day. The Professor says, as the sun appeared to rise 
a second time, it was one of the finest visions he ever wit- 
nessed — the spectacle was one of the most magnificent 
description. 



94. ANIMALS IN NORTH AMERICA. 

The following animals are peculiar to North America : the 
panther, a large and ferocious animal of the cat species, 
found in the wilder portions of the Apalachian Mountains, 
Mexico, and Central America; the grizzly bear, in the west- 
ern mountains; the raccoon, in the forests of the temperate 
zone ; the musk-ox, in the Arctic regions ; the bison, roam- 



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ing in large herds over the great plains ; turkeys, passenger- 
pigeons, and rattle-snakes. 

Among the animals which North America has in common 
with the eastern continent, are the polar bear, the wolf, the 
fox, the otter, the deer, the elk and the beaver. 



95. LIFE IN CHINA. 

The manners and ways of living of the China-people, are 
very different from ours. They use no forks, but put food 
into their mouths with two little rounded sticks, called 
"chop-sticks." 

They wear loose gowns and trousers, like other eastern 
nations ; and shave all the hair excepting the top-lock, which, 
plaited in a long cue, hangs down behind. They think it a 
great beauty to have their finger nails long and sharp. The 
shoes of the men are wide and clumsy, turned up at the 
toes ; but the ladies of rich and noble families have their poor 
little feet bound up tightly and the toes turned under, when 
they are babies, so that they cannot grow. A full-grown 
woman has a foot, three or four inches long, and is proud of 
her pretty little embroidered shoes. But it is a queer sort of 
pleasure, and a queer sort of beauty too ; for beside the pain 
at first, and afterward the little use of her feet, it cannot 
seem pretty to us to see a grown person toddling like a child. 



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96. THE MONKEY IN THE CAGE. 

A monkey from the Cape o-f Good Hope was kept in the 
Royal Garden at Paris. One day, having made his escape 
from the cage, his keeper threatened him with a stick, which 
so enraged the creature, that he flew at the keeper and 
wounded him severely. After many vain efforts to induce 
him to return to his cage, the keeper's daughter, who had 
often fed him, and was a great favorite with him, placed her- 
self at the door opposite that of the cage through which he 
had to pass, and a stranger came up and put his arm around 
her. This so enraged the animal, that he sprang forward to 
reach the stranger, when he was caught in the cage and se- 
cured. 

97. KOSSUTH'S FAREWELL TO THE MAGYARS. 

Farewell, my beloved country ! Farewell, land of the Mag- 
yars ! Farewell, thou land of sorrow ! I shall never more be- 
hold the summit of thy mountains. My last looks are fixed 
upon my country, and I see thee overwhelmed with anguish. 
I look into the future, but that is overshadowed. Land of 
my love, thou art in slavery ! From thy very bosom will be 
forged the chains to bind all that is sacred. I hoped for 
thee even in the dark moment when on thy brow was written 
the withering word, "Despair." I lifted my voice in thy be- 
half when men said, "Be thou a slave." My principles have 
not been those of Washington, nor my acts those of Tell ; but 
I desired a free nation — free as man cannot be made but by 
God. And thou art fallen, faded as a lily. The united 
forces of powerful nations have dug thy tomb ; the withering 
grasp of tyranny has seized upon thy vitals ; and oh ! my 
country, the blighting curse of oppression is upon thee. 



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98. THE STOLEN CHILD AND THE GYPSIES. 

Gypsies are a class of people who have no se ttled place to 
live in, but wander about from spot to spot, and sleep, at 
night in tents or barns. We have no gypsies in our country, 
for here every person can find employment of some kind, 
and there is no excuse for idlers and vagrants. 

But in many parts of Europe the gypsies are very numer- 
ous ; and they are often wicked and troublesome. It is said 
that they are descendants of the Egyptians, and have lived 
a wandering life ever since the year 15 17, at which time they 
refused to submit to the Turks, who were the conquerors of 
Egypt. 

Well ; I have a short story to tell you about these gypsies. 
Many years ago, as a boat was putting off, a boy ran along 
the side of the canal, and desired to be taken in. The mas- 
ter of the boat, however, refused to take him, because he 
had not quite money enough to pay the usual fare. 

A rich merchant being pleased with the looks of the boy, 
whom I shall call Albert, and being touched with compassion 
toward him, paid the money for him, and ordered him to be 
taken on board. The little fellow thanked the merchant for 
his kindness, and jumped into the boat. 

Upon talking with him afterward, the merchant found that 
Albert could readily speak in three or four different languages. 
He also learned that the boy had been stolen away, when a 
child, by a gypsy, and had rambled ever since, with a gang 
of these strollers, up and down several parts of Europe. 

It happened that the merchant, whose heart seems to have 
inclined toward the boy by a secret kind of attraction, had 
himself lost a child some years before. The parents, after a 
long search for him, had concluded that he had been drown- 
ed in one of the canals, with which the country abounds; 



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and the mother was so afflicted at the loss of her son, that 
she died of grief for him. 

Upon comparing all the facts, and examining the marks by 
which the child was described when he was first missing, 
Albert proved to be the long lost son of the merchant. The 
lad was well pleased to find a father who was so kind and 
generous ; while the father was not a little delighted to see a 
son return to him, whom he had given up for lost. 

Albert possessed a quick understanding, and in time he 
rose to eminence, and was much respected for his talents and 
knowledge. He is said to have visited, as a public minister, 
several countries in which he formerly wandered as a gypsy. 



99. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

Every child in this country ought to know something of 
the character and services of the great and good Washington. 
He was the general who commanded our armies in the war 
of the Revolution, from 1776 to 1781. 

The king of England oppressed the people of this country 
by imposing unjust taxes on them without their consent ; and 
when they would no longer submit to such oppression, the 
king tried to compel them to submission by a long and cruel 
war. 

This war lasted seven years, and during that time many 
dreadful battles were fought, and much suffering was endur- 
ed. But at last the cause of our country was successful, and 
the British were compelled to acknowledge our Independ- 
ence. 

Washington by his courage and prudence was the chief 
cause of the happy result of the war ; and we are greatly in- 






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debted to him for the high rank which we now maintain 
among the nations of the civilized world. 

After the war, in 1789, he was chosen the first President of 
the United States, and for a second term in 1793. The 
country greatly prospered under his skillful management of 
our public affairs ; and though we were then a young and 
feeble nation, compared with those of Europe, yet we were 
everywhere respected. After holding the office of President 
for eight years, he retired into private life on his estate in 
Virginia, called Mount Vernon. 

There, beloved and honored, he spent the last years of his 
life ; and when the sad event of his death, December 14, 
1799, reached the ears of his fellow-countrymen, they mourn- 
ed as if they had lost a father. 



100. TACT VERSUS TALENT. 

Talent is something, but tact is everything. Talent is seri- 
ous, sober, grave, and respectable ; tact is all that, and more 
too. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the 
keen smell, and the lively touch ; it is the interpreter of all 
riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover of all 
obstacles. It is useful in all places, and at all times ; it is 
useful in solitude, for it shows a man his way into the world; 
it is useful in society, for it shows him his way through the 
world. Talent is power, tact is skill ; talent is weight, tact 
is momentum ; talent knows what to do, tact knows how to 
do it ; talent makes a man respectable, tact will make him 
respected; talent is wealth, tact is ready money. 



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101. CATILINE'S FORCES IN CONTRAST WITH 
THE ROMAN ARMY. 

Against these gallant troops of your adversary, prepare, O, 
Romans, your garrisons and armies; and, first, to that 
maimed and battered gladiator, oppose your Consuls and 
Generals ; next, against that miserable, outcast horde, lead 
forth the strength and flower of all Italy ! On the one side, 
chastity contends ; on the other, wantonness ; here purity, 
there pollution ; here integrity, there treachery ; here piety, 
there profaneness ; here constancy, there rage ; here honesty, 
there baseness ; here continence, there lust ; in short, equity, 
temperance, fortitude, prudence, struggle with iniquity, 
luxury, cowardice, rashness ; every virtue with every vice ; 
and, lastly, the contest lies between well-grounded hope and 
absolute despair. 

102. OUR SEASONS. 

Our country — the United States — is so vast, with a length 
from east to west of nearly twenty-seven hundred miles, and 
a breadth from north to south of about sixteen hundred 
miles — that there is not a day of the year when the weather 
is the same to all of us. 

But the great size of our country is not the only reason for 
this difference. Our land is washed on the east by an ocean ; 
on the south by a gulf, or sea ; on the west by an ocean ; and 
on the north by great lakes. We have many rivers and 
brooks ; many mountains, hills, plains and valleys — large 
forests and prairies. All these affect the weather. 

Our states furthest north have long, cold winters, and 
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milder than that of states of the same distance north on the 
Atlantic border. 

Our southernmost states have but little cold weather. In 
some places they never have snow ; but a part of the year 
they have much rain. The mild weather scarcely changes all 
the year round. 

And just here, that you may the better understand how 
greatly our seasons vary, we will give you a few interesting 
facts. In Texas, Indian corn is planted in February, which 
is at least three months earlier than in our northernmost 
states ; and the crop is harvested in July or August. Wheat, 
rye, oats, and other kinds of grain are sowed in December 
and harvested in May. 

We might also compare our seasons by the flowering of 
plants. For example : the peach is commonly in blossom at 
Charleston, South Carolina, early in March; at Richmond, 
Virginia, about the end of March ; at Baltimore, April the 
tenth ; at Philadelphia, April the fifteenth : at New York, 
April the twentieth ; at Boston, May the tenth ; and at 
Albany, May the fifteenth. 

In California there is a dry season from May to September, 
when nothing will grow; and a rainy season from October to 
April. Therefore they sow grain in October, and gather ripe 
crops in March and April. 

103. FIRE ! FIRE ! 

Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! See the angry flames bursting from the 
windows and darting from the roof ! The engines are on 
the spot. How hard the men are at work ! See the streams 
of water from the hose, — one, two, three, four, five, — and 
still another on the roof! But the fire grows hotter and 
hotter, and fiercer and fiercer. 



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Are the people all out of the burning houses ? Are all 
safe ? Hark ! a wild scream ! A child is left behind. A 
child ! A child ! Who will go to the rescue ? Who will 
dare to risk his life amid the scorching flames ? A ladder is 
hoisted to one of the windows. A bold fireman climbs up. 
Almost choked with flame and smoke, he bursts through 
the open window, jumps into the chamber, and snatches the 
little one from its bed. Will he ever be able to get out 
again ? How the people strain their eyes to catch a glimpse 
of him ! How they tremble as they look ! There he comes ! 
He is safe ! See him with the child in his arms ! A shout 
of delight goes up from the men below. How they cheer 
him ! And see how the poor mother gazes, with her hands 
raised and her arms open to receive her darling child ! 

Noble fireman ! Thanks for his brave and generous heart ! 
A mother's blessing greets him ; the admiration which men 
always feel for a noble act, follows him ; and the satisfaction 
which springs from self-sacrificing exertions in behalf of 
others, will always be a well-spring of joy within his bosom. 



104. THE WOLF AND THE CRANE. 

A greedy wolf, who was hastily swallowing a piece of 
lamb, had a small bone stick in his throat. He labored hard 
to eject it, or make it slide down ; it was no use, and he felt 
miserably bad. 

In this difficulty a crane kindly offered its help, and the 
wolf promised a great reward, if it should fully succeed in 
removing the bone. He opened his jaws as widely as he 
could, and the crane put its beak and head as deeply down 
into his throat as was necessary to take hold of the bone; 
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" Now, what reward will you give me ?" asked the crane, 
modestly. "Why," answered the wretch, "have you not 
received a full reward for your service ? I had your head 
within my mouth, and could easily have bitten it off. I 
spared your life — is not that a sufficient reward ? Away with 
you, before I kill you!" The crane, in flying away, com- 
plained bitterly of the ingratitude of the wolf. "He shall not 
have my assistance another time," it cried, " not he !" 



105. A TALE OF THE "BLACK HOLE" OF 
CALCUTTA. 

Among the numerous instances of danger and suffering 
from confinement in an atmosphere vitiated by passing re- 
peatedly through the lungs, the occurrence at the "Black 
Hole" of Calcutta is one of the most memorable and melan- 
choly. In 1756, the city was reduced by Surajah Dowlah, 
and 146 English prisoners were forced into a dungeon about 
eighteen feet square . The only opening to the air, except 
the door, was by two windows on the west side, strongly 
barred with iron. 

, In a few minutes a profuse perspiration burst out upon 
every one ; a raging thirst ensued. In less than an hour 
after the confinement, their thirst was intolerable and respir- 
ation difficult. Many soon became outrageous, and insulted 
the guards to induce them to fire in upon them. " Water, 
water," was the general cry; but, when brought, it only 
served to aggravate their distress. The confusion became 
general, and amid horrid cries and ravings for water, some 
were trampled to death. 

In less than three hours, most of the gentlemen were dead; 
and in half an hour more, most of the living were in an out- 



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rageous delirium. They found that water heightened their 
uneasiness, and "air, air," was the general cry. All the op- 
probrious names that the viceroy and his officers could be 
loaded with, were repeated, to provoke the guard to fire upon 
them. Every man had eager hopes of meeting the first shot. 
Having been shut up at about eight o'clock in the evening, 
the door was opened at six the next morning, when only 
twenty three, the poor remains of 1 46 souls, came out alive, 
and most of these in a high putrid fever. 



106. SOMETHING ABOUT IRELAND. 

Ireland is especially open to the warm winds and currents 
which moderate the temperature of Western Europe, and its 
mild climate and green hills have given it the name of the 
"Emerald Isle." There are no regular mountain-ranges, nor 
extensive highlands, like those of Scotland ; but the scenery 
of the wild western coast district is romantic and picturesque, 
and the beautiful lakes of Killarney have been much visited 
by tourists. The ivy-covered ruins of castles and abbeys are 
as interesting as those of England ; and in elegance of archi- 
tecture and beauty of parks and squares, the larger cities are 
not inferior. But the dwellings of the poor laboring classes 
are less neat and comfortable in appearance ; and in many 
districts the great poverty of the peasants is apparent in the 
thatched hovels, with no other floor than the hardened earth. 



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107. THE MANDARIN. 

A Mandarin, who took much pride in appearing with a 
number of jewels on every part of his robe, was once accost- 
ed by a sly old Bonze, who, following him through several 
streets, and bowing often to the ground, thanked him for his 
jewels. " What does the man mean?" cried the Mandarin. 
" Friend, I never gave thee any of my jewels." "No," re- 
plied the other, " but you have let me look at them, and that 
is all the use you can make of them yourself; so there is no 
difference between us, except that you have the trouble of 
watching them, and that is an employment I don't like." 

108. BERLIN. 

Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, with over 800,- 

000 inhabitants, stands in the midst of a dreary plain, with 
no natural advantage, and yet is one of the finest cities of 
Europe, — rich in beautiful palaces, historical collections, 
statues, and pictures, its art-gallery ranking next to those of 
Dresden and Munich. The so-called street ll Unter den 
Linden" is a well-known promenade. 

As in many of the German cities, a large part of the in- 
habitants are Jews. 

109. A LETTER. 

Buffalo, Sept. 1, 1875. 
Dear Father : 

In a few days your birth-day will occur once more, and 

1 already see my mother and my sisters coming to you with 
presents, the proofs of their affection. I am sorry, very 
sorry, that I cannot be with .you this time, nor even send a 
small offering as a token of my gratitude and love. But I 



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will at least express my affection in a letter, knowing that 
that itself will be agreeable to you. Indeed, dear father, my 
heart is ever filled with these sentiments, but particularly 
to-day, when the thoughts of your approaching birth-day re- 
call to my mind the innumerable testimonials of affection 
and kindness, for which I am indebted, both to you and my 
dear mother. 

That your life may be a long one, is the most fervent wish 
of, Your ever grateful son, (daughter,) 

Frank. (Louise.) 







no. LIFE IN SWITZERLAND. 

The people of Switzerland are not surpassed by any in 
Europe for their industry and skill. There are no large 
cities, because of the difficulty of transportation ; but in the 
valleys, are busy towns and villages, where silk, ribbons, 
paper, thread, muslins, jewelry, etc., are made. Watch- 
making, especially, is carried to such an extent that Swiss 
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Wood-carving is a very common occupation, and a great 
variety of graceful, grotesque, and useful articles are cut out 
of the soft, white pine-wood of the forests, and collected in 
the towns for exportation. The Swiss boy begins to whittle 
out toys as soon as he can handle a knife ; and the old man 
sits by his cottage door, carving a chamois, that will perhaps 
make its way across the Atlantic. 



in. THE RIVER "FAIR TO LOOK UPON." 

O-he-yo is a Wyandot word, signifying " fair to look 
upon." The early French explorers, floating down the 
river's gentle tide, adopted the name, translating it into their 
own tongue as la Belle Rivie?-e; and the English, who here as 
elsewhere throughout the West, stepped into the possessions 
of the French, took the word and its spelling, but gave it 
their own pronunciation, so that, instead of O-he-yo, we 
now have Ohio. 

The Ohio is a lovely, gentle stream, flowing on between 
the North and South. It does not bustle and rush along 
over rocks and down rapids, turning mills and factories on 
its way, and hurrying its boats up and down, after the man- 
ner of busy, anxious northern rivers ; neither does it go to 
sleep all along shore and allow the forest flotsam to clog up 
its channel, like the southern streams. But none the less has 
it a character of its own, which makes its gentle impression, 
day by day, like a quiet, sweet-voiced woman, who moves 
through life with more power at her command than 
the more beautiful and more brilliant around her. 

No river in the world has such a length of uniform, smooth 
current. In and out it meanders for one thousand and seven 
miles ; it is never in a hurry ; it never seems to be going 



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anywhere in particular, but has time to loiter about among 
the coal and iron mines of Pennsylvania ; to ripple around 
the mountains of West Virginia ; to make deep bends in 
order to take in the southern rivers, knowing well that 
thrifty Ohio, with her cornfields and villages, will fill up all 
the angles. Then it curves up northward towards Cincinnati, 
as if to leave a broad landsweep for the beautiful blue-grass 
meadows of Kentucky ; and at North Bend, away it glides 
again' on a long southwestern stretch, down, down, along the 
southern borders of Indiana and Illinois, and after making a 
last curve to receive the twin -rivers — the Cumberland and 
the long, mountain-born Tennessee — it mixes its waters with 
the Mississippi, one thousand miles above the ocean. 

This gentle river "Fair to Look Upon," which from 
Pittsburg to its mouth receives into itself seventy-five tribu- 
taries, crosses seven states, and holds in its embrace one 
hundred islands. 



112. THE STATUE OF HERMANN. 

Some thirty or forty years ago, when the unity movement 
in Germany had barely commenced, Herr Ernst von Bandel, 
a nobleman devoted to the sculptor's art, conceived the 
patriotic idea of erecting a gigantic statue to Hermann, the 
vanquisher of Varus in the Teutoburg Forest. A grand 
national monument, the statue was to reach the enormous 
proportion of one hundred feet, not to speak of pedestal and 
base ; and as it was to be placed on the top of a hill, the 
site of victory, the difficulty of getting it in position added 
not a little to the magnitude of the undertaking. In spite 
of all obstacles, what appeared a chimera thirty years ago, 
has now become a reality. Assisted by wealthy friends and 



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occasional public subscriptions, Herr von Bandel has com- 
pleted the figure. 

The statue is of embossed copper, and has been wrought 
by the hand of the man whose brain created it. His whole 
life has been consumed in this one object. When he had 
done modeling — no small task in the matter of a figure with 
hands five feet long — he turned to hammer and forge, and 
literally formed the immense surface with his own unaided 
strength. A good deal of it was done at the foot of the hill 
whereon it stands, the sculptor having built himself a forge 
and a hut close to his chosen locality. The whole is as im- 
posing as the head, and Germany possesses not only the 
largest, but also one of the best statues in Europe. This 
eighth wonder of the world towers over the famous oak- 
woods near Detmold, the capital of the principality of Lippe. 



113. MILWAUKEE. 

Milwaukee is a great railroad center, a port of entry, the 
county seat of Milwaukee County, and the most populous town 
in the state. It is situated on the west shore of Lake Michigan, 
at the mouth of the Milwaukee river. The river approaches 
from the north, in a direction nearly parallel with the Lake 
shore, and is joined about half a mile from its mouth by the 
Menomonee river, which comes from the west. The largest 
boats can ascend the river two miles, and also the Menom- 
onee for some distance. Over half a million dollars have 
been expended on the harbor, which is now one of the best 
on the whole chain of lakes. 

The city is pleasantly situated upon both sides of the river, 
and from the bricks manufactured and used here, presents a 
peculiar and striking appearance. These bricks are of a 



70 PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 

delicate cream or straw color, highly agreeable to the eye, 
and are not affected by the action of the elements. It is 
called by its American inhabitants "Cream City;" the 
Germans call it " Deulsch-Athen." 

Milwaukee is the greatest primary wheat market in the 
world. The grain storage capacity of its elevators is 
upwards of five millions of bushels. Its manufactures are 
varied and extensive. The water-power of the Milwaukee river 
is an important element of its prosperity. The city is 
remarkable for its healthful climate and for the rapidity of its 
growth; for, although a young city, it has over 100,000 
inhabitants. 

114. AGRICULTURE. 

Agriculture is the cultivation of useful plants and the raising 
of domestic animals. A great many kinds of plants are rais- 
ed. Each country, however, is not suited to cultivation of 
all kinds of plants. Soil and climate determine what kinds 
of plants will flourish in a given region. 

The inhabitants of the torrid zones raise rice, coffee, sugar- 
cane, bananas, plantains, cotton, dates (which grow on a 
beautiful kind of palm,) the bread-fruit, and a great many 
delicious fruits. 

The inhabitants of the temperate zones raise Indian corn, 
wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, apples, pears, peaches, etc. Cot- 
ton is also raised in the warmer portions of the temperate 
zones, and tea in China and Japan. In the frigid zones, but 
few useful plants can be raised. Barley, potatoes, and some 
other vegetables are cultivated in t^ warmer parts. 



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115. ADVERTISEMENTS. 

To Let. — Two very desirable stores and houses, Nos. 410 
and 412 East Water Street. Apply to Will. Reiss, 318 
Broadway. 

Wanted. — Pupils in Drawing, by an Artist. Terms, $15 
per quarter. Address "Teacher," 17 Florida street, Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 

For Sale. — $too will buy a lot at Park Ridge, $15 down 
and $5 a month until paid ; one block from depot ; property 
shown free. Cheapest property in market. 

Andrew Brown, 90 La Salle St., 

R*)om 4, Chicago, 111. 

Wanted. — A good and honest Norwegian boy, 18 years 
old, with good references, wants employment ; talks and 
writes English, Norwegian, and some German. Knows how 
to take care of and handle a horse. Call at 705 Main 
street, Toledo, O. 

School Meeting. — The friends of education are requested 
to meet at the house of Solomon Biggs, in Walnut Grove, 
Saturday evening, Sept. 1, at 7 o'clock, to take action rela- 
tive to opening a public school in this vicinity. The meet- 
ing will consider the selection of directors, the location of 
the school building, and the propriety of opening a school 
this fall before the building is complete. 

Old Settlers' Re-union. — All persons in Adams and 
adjoining counties, who settled here prior to 1850, are re- 
quested to meet at the Court House, in Clinton, Saturday 
afternoon, June 10, at two o'clock, to make arrangements 
for an Old Settlers' Re-union, to be held at such time- and 
place as the meeting shall determine. 



72 PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 

Fourth of July ! — The liberty-loving citizens of Eagle- 
ville, who desire to participate, this year, at home, in a 
genuine, old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration, such as 
will make the American Eagle proud of the village that bears 
his name, will meet at Allen's Hall, next Saturday evening, 
at 8 o'clock, to consider the advisability of holding such 
celebration. 



116. COLUMBUS AND THE EGG. 

After the return from his first voyage of discovery, Colum- 
bus was invited to dine with the Archbishop of Salamanca. 
The company was large ; and though all the guests flattered 
the great discoverer on account of his success, secretly they 
envied him, and tried more or less outspokenly to disparage 
his merits. 

One of them said : "After all it cannot have been so 

very difficult an undertaking, to explore that new country. 

There it was, and all that had to be done, was to sail there, 
and find it." 

"Certainly!" replied Columbus. "Is there any one 
among you, who knows how an egg may be placed upright 
on one of its ends?" And he took an egg, and handed it 
to the gentleman, who had just spoken. 

The latter tried long and in vain ; the egg would again 
and again roll about. And all the company tried after him 
to place the egg upright— but no one succeeded. 

They all declared that it could not be done, when Colum- 
bus took the egg, and with a slight pressure, flattened one 
end, and thus made it stand. 

"Ah, well!" now exclaimed all. " That does not amount 
to much — that is no great artifice. We all could have done 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 73 

that." '•' Exactly!" was his answer; "but you did not hit 
upon the way of doing it." 

"It is about the same thing with the discovery of the new 
part of the world. If it were so easy a task, why have you 
not undertaken to solve it ? Now that I have shown the 
way, it is a comparatively easy thing to sail thither. ' ' 



117. SCENE IN A MENAGERIE. 

Not long since, in a menagerie of wild animals, a tigress 
broke out of her cage during the absence of her keeper at 
dinner. The ferocious beast sprang at a lama, killed it, and 
was sucking its blood when the keeper entered. 

The man's first attempt was to fling a noose over the head 
of the tigress, but before he could do this she turned and 
prepared to spring. It was a moment of extreme peril. 
The eyes of the tigress flashed fire, and her open jaws threat- 
ened death. The keeper knew not what to do. He had 
but a moment in which to decide. In that moment he 
darted behind an elephant which stood near by. 

The sagacious animal seemed to comprehend what was 
going on. He was calm, but vigilant. The tigress, raising 
herself on her hind feet, sprang with her utmost force, and 
was bounding by in pursuit of her keeper, when the elephant 
put forth his trunk, seized the furious beast, and pitched her 
to the farther end of the apartment. 

All the animals were by this time in a state of commotion. 
The monkeys jumped for their lives, and scattered wildly. 
The baboons scampered up the rafters and there held on, 
looking down and winking at the enraged tigress as she rose 
from her fall. The elephant maintained his composure, and 
the lion looked on with dignity from his cage. 



74 PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 

The savage tigress seemed resolved not to give up the 
combat. She was creeping along as if to renew the attack 
when the keeper thought he would get on the elephant's 
back, and commanded him to place him there. This the 
sagacious animal did, with a single toss of his trunk. The 
tigress was exasperated at seeing the man thus put out of her 
reach. She drew back and made another spring at him, but 
the elephant caught her midway, and hurled her with great 
force against the wall. Bruised and humbled, she gave up 
the fight after this, and slunk back quietly into her cage 
without doing any more mischief. 



118. A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE IN THE ALPS; 

Many cheerful villages are to be seen in the pleasant 
valleys of the Alps, shut in by mountains thickly wooded 
with beech trees, maples and pines. 

Near a winding streamlet you see the village, the low 
houses all built alike, their roofs covered with planks, kept 
in place by a number of large stones laid upon them. These 
roofs hang far over the gable -ends of the houses, and partly 
cover the little open balconies before the door or windows 
of the second floor ; and these balconies are always painted 
some gay color, — yellow, blue or red. In front of every 
house is a bench, where the men sit, and smoke pipes or sing 
a song, while one is playing the guitar, in the evening when 
their work is done. Somewhere in the village, there is sure 
to be a sort of public garden, or park, where the people sit 
in fine weather, and drink coffee or beer under the shady 
trees. There is a neat little church, and generally, a little 
way out of the village, one or two grand old stone buildings, 
whose queer towers, covered with moss and ivy, and narrow, 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 75 

arched windows, with colored glass, are like nothing we see 
in America. There are many children in the mountain 
villages ; and if we should ask the names of two rosy little 
girls, they might answer, " The miller's Rosel and the 
weaver's Catherine;" for that is the way they call one an- 
other, for instance, in the village of Ammergau, Bavaria. 



119. BURIAL OF AN INDIAN CHIEF. 

More than forty years ago, Blackbird, a famous chief of 
the Omahas, visited the city of Washington, and while on 
his return was seized with small-pox, of which he died be- 
fore reaching his home. When the chief found that his end 
was approaching, he called his warriors around him, and 
gave his commands concerning his burial. 

His orders were exactly fulfilled. The dead warrior was 
dressed in his most sumptuous robes, fully equipped with his 
scalps and eagles' plumes, as if about to engage in battle, and 
borne about sixty miles below the Omaha village, to a lofty 
bluff on the bank of the Missouri River, which towers above 
all the neighboring heights, and commands a magnificent 
prospect. 

To the summit of this bluff a white steed, the favorite 
war-horse of Blackbird, was led ; and then, in the presence 
of the whole tribe, the dead chief was placed with great 
ceremony on his back, looking toward the river, so that, as 
he had said, he might see the canoes of the white men, as 
they traversed the waters of that majestic stream. His bow 
was placed in his hand ; and his shield and quiver, with his 
pipe and medicine-bag, were by his side. 

His store ofpemmican and his tobacco-pouch were sup- 
plied to sustain him on his long journey to the hunting- 




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grounds of the Great Spirit, where the spirits of his fathers, 
he believed, awaited his coming. The medicine- men of his 
tribe performed various mystic charms to secure a happy 
passage to those blissful hunting fields ; and then each war- 
rior belonging to the chief's own band covered the palm of 
his right hand with vermilion, and stamped its impress on the 
white sides of the devoted war-steed. 

When this had been done by all, the Indians gathered 
turfs and soil, and placed them around the legs of the horse. 

Gradually the pile rose under the combined labor of many 
willing hands, until the living steed and its dead rider were 
buried together under this memorial mound. 



1 20. LANGUAGE OF A PROPHET OF OLD. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul ! O Lord, my Lord, Thou art 
very great ; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty ; who 
covereth Thyself with light as with a garment ; who stretchi- 
est out the heavens like a curtain ; who layeth the beams of 
his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his 
chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind ; who 
laid the foundation of the earth that it should not be removed 
forever. 



121 . GRATTAN'S DENUNCIATION OF MR. FLOOD. 

Sir, you are much mistaken if you think that your talents 
have been as great as your life has been reprehensible. After 
a rank and clamorous opposition, you became ... on a 
sudden . . . silent ; you were silent for seven years ; you 
were silent on the greatest questions, . . . and you were 
silent . . . for . . . money ! You supported the unparal- 



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leled profusion and jobbing of Lord Harcourt's scandalous 
ministry. You, sir, who manufacture . . . stage-thunder 
against Mr. Eden for his anti-American principles, you, sir, 
whom it pleases to chant a hymn to the immortal Hampden, 
— you, sir, approved of the tyranny exercised against 
America, and you, sir, voted four thousand Irish troops to 
cut the throats of the Americans . , . fighting for their free- 
dom, . . . fighting for your freedom, . . . fighting for the 
great principle, . . . liberty ! 

122. SHAKESPEARE'S "CHARACTER OF BRUTUS." 

* This was the noblest Roman of them all : 

All the conspirators, save only he, 
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar ; 
He only, in a general, honest thought, 
And common good to all, made one of them. 
His life was gentle ; and the elements 
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, 
And say to all the world, This was a man ! 

123. THE LORE-LEI. 

The teacher (or student) should compare the translation of this piece with Heine's 
original poem. 

I know not whence it rises, 
This thought so full of woe ; 
But a tale of time departed 
Haunts me, and will not go. 

The air is cool, and it darkens, 
And calmly flows the Rhine, 
The mountain-peaks are sparkling 
In the sunny evening-shine. 



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And yonder sits a maiden, 

The fairest of the fair ; 

With gold is her garment glittering, 

And she combs her golden hair : 

With a golden comb she combs it ; 
And a wild song singeth she, 
That melts the heart with a wondrous 
And powerful melody. 

The boat-man feels his bosom 
With a nameless longing move ; 
He sees not the gulfs before him, 
His gaze is fixed above, 

Till over boat and boatman 
The Rhine's deep waters run : 
And this, with her magic singing, 
The Lore-lei has done ! 



124. LANGUAGE OF THE HISTORIAN. 

Another success of the most brilliant nature occurred at 
about the same time (July 1, 1863.) General Grant had, 
after a campaign of great boldness and originality, got his 
army in the rear of Vicksburg, and, with the help of Ad- 
miral Porter's fleet, completely invested it. The place sur- 
rendered on the 4th of July, the enemy losing in the entire 
campaign over 40,000 prisoners and 300 guns. 

Port Hudson, with 7,000 prisoners and 50 guns, surrend- 
ered to General Banks on the 8th. The Mississippi was now 
open from its source to its mouth, and the confederacy was 
cut into two parts, neither of them capable of aiding the 



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other. These great events called forth the most enthusiastic 
rejoicings throughout the loyal states, and the whole world 
recognized in General Grant a soldier of consummate ability. 
On the first of January of this year, President Lincoln had 
issued the state paper known as the Emancipation Proclama- 
tion. By this he declared the slaves in the rebellious dis- 
tricts free, and called upon them to enlist in the service of 
the United States. This step he did not take as President, 
but as Commander-in-Chief of the army ; it was purely an 
act of war, and was intended to weaken the enemy. Three 
years later slavery was legally abolished throughout the land. 



125. WHAT A COMMON MAN MAY SAY. 

I am lodged in a house that affords me conveniences and 
comforts which even a king could not command some cen- 
turies ago. There are ships crossing the seas in every direc- 
tion, some propelled by steam and some by the wind, to 
bring what is useful to me from all parts of the earth. In 
China men are gathering the tea-leaf for me ; in the south- 
ern states they are planting cotton for me ; in the West India 
Islands and in Brazil they are raising my sugar and my cof- 
fee ; in Italy they are feeding silk-worms for me \ at home they 
are shearing sheep to make me clothing ; powerful steam- 
engines are spinning and weaving for me, and making cutlery 
for me, and pumping the mines that minerals useful to me 
may be procured. 

My patrimony was small, yet I have locomotive engines 
running da«y and night on all railroads to carry my corres- 
pondence. I have canals to bring the coal for my winter 
fire. Then I have telegraphic lines, which tell me what has 
happened many thousand miles off, the same day of its 



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occurrence ; which flash a message for me in a minute to the 
bedside of a sick relative, hundreds of miles distant. 

And I have editors and printers, who daily send me an 
account of what is going on throughout the world amongst 
all these who serve me. By the photograph I procure in a 
few seconds, at a small expense, a perfect likeness of myself 
or friend, drawn without human touch, by the simple agency 
of light. 

And then, in a corner of my house I have books ! — the 
miracle of all my possessions, more wonderful than the 
wishing cap of the Arabian tales, for they transport me in- 
stantly not only to all places, but to all times. In a word, 
from the equator to the pole, and from the beginning of time 
until now, by my books I can be where I please. I may 
have nearly the same enjoyments, as if I were the single lord 
of all! 




VOCABULARY. 



Vocabulary, 



(Abbreviations : m. for masculine ; f. for feminine; n. for neuter; pi. 
for plural.) 

(3n ben erften 25 ©tiiden finb bie 2Bi>rter in ben fcejUgftc^en 33iegungen, SHrteitungen 
n. bgl. gegefcen.) 



Gun, ©eive^r; glitite« 
Try, profciren. 
Shoot, fdjtefjett. 



i. 



For, benn. 
Use, ©ebraudj. 
For, fur. 



Swing, ©cfjauM. 
Fell, ftet. 



Hit, t$at ftd) mfy. 
Safe, ftdjer. 



By the side, an ber C^eitc* 
Road, (Strafe. 
Held, tyelt. 



Beg, fcetteln. 
Put, legte. 



Went to walk, gittg fpa$feren. Smell, riedjen. 
Pink, 9Mfe. Too, aufy. 



5- 



Snow-man, (Sdjiteemamn 
Pipe, $feife. 
Mouth, 3tturrt>. 
Club, ^riiget 



Strike, fd)Iage. 
Dare, fcarfji 
Drop, fallen lajfen. 



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Owl, gule. 
Was sitting, fag ♦ 
Oak-tree, ©idjoaunu 



7- 



Met, begegnete* 

Driving, tretoene (t>er — -trteb)* 

Lad, 3unge» 



Horns, Corner* 
Legs, 23etne. 
Feet, gitge. 
Draw, gtetyetu 
Plow, $f!ag. 
Cart, barren* 



8. 



Sun-set, ©onnenuntergang, 
Top, SBtpfel 
Got, $oIte. 



Good for, nujjh. 

For, gu. 

Dinner, Sfttttagejfen. 



Quite, fe$r. 
Hair, $aax. 
Hay, ^)eu. 
Corn, SBelfd&forru 
Drinks, fauft 



Fox, gttdj§* 

Saw, fa§* 

Sitting, flfcenb ; tueldfye- 

Box-lid, tfajienfcetfei. 

Sly, fd)laue* 



Mister, Sfletfler* 
Was trying, sjerfudjte* 
■fag* Ran, lief* 

For, nadj* 
Off, jpeg, fort 



Prairie-dogs, 3>rarteiuolfe. 
Animals, Xt;tere* 
Found, angetroffen. 
Companies, lutein* 
Lodge, I) cm [en* 
Hide, ijerfteden fldj. 
Holes, £o§Ien» 



Dig, gra£en + 
Ground, (£rbe; 33oben« 
Noted, nterfroitrbtg* 
For, n?egetu 
Bark, ©efceffS* 
Like, d^ttltd)* 



VOCABULARY. 



85 



ii, 



Dreamer, £raumer« 
Nurse's, SBarteriru 
Lap, @d?oo£j. 
Dropped, ftelem 
Cap, 9flu£e. 



Over, ijoriiber. 
Why, et ! 
Looked, fc^aute* 
Inside, in — ^inetn. 
Found, fant>> 



12. 



Snow-drop, (5ct)neea,IocM)evu 
March, fjflarj* 
While, t»a$renb* 



Will spring up, fpriefjt— 
[fjer&or. 
Leaves, flatter* 
Bloom, Mitten. 



Greenhouse, ©en?ad)3tjau3 + 
Covered, bebetft* 
Plants, *Pflan$erL 



Out of doors, tmgreien* 

So as, urn* 

Heat, 233avme; £ijje* 



Letter, SBrtef* 
Arithmetic, SRedjenlmd). 



14. 



Please, fo gut fettt. 
Affectionate, Hefcefcotte* 



i5- 



White bear, &i$Vax. 
Ice-cliffs, ©tefttppetu 
Shores, jtiijtetu 



Saw-mill, ©agemut)le* 
Logs, 331ocfe» 
Trunks, (gramme* 
Planks, 23ot)len* 






16. 



Far, fenten ; r)ot)eru 
Fierce, grtmrntii* 
Claws, $raUetu 



Beams, fallen. 
Grove, ipattu 
Cut down, gefattt 



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17- 



Truant, (Sdjulfdjmanaer* 
Edge, stance* 
Sticks, ©tecfen. 
Guilt, (Sdjuifcu 

Neck, $aU. 

Across, it&er. 

Bold, fitter* 

On the part, tjon ©ettett* 

Pet hares, £ie&ltnggs£afen. 
Playmates, ©ptelfameratoeiu 
Lonely, etnfam* 
Share, Zfyil in netymem 
Sports, (Spteletu 
Fowls, ©efliigel. 

Fruits, DBffc; gritctyte. 
Beasts, Xfjtere; 5Ste§ + 
Forms, ©ejtaltetu 
Thin, fcitntt. 



1 8. 



19. 



20. 



For, bentu 

Hung, Itcf— tyangen. 

Shame, ©djcmfce. 



Beneath, unter* 
Waves, SBeHeiu 
Since, »eUj t>a* 



Hoop, 3fktf* 
Bat, Saflfnuttel, 
Stilts, (Steven* 
Kite, £)radjetu 
Wings, glitgefcu 



Hum, (Summetu 
Rush, Ungeftiim, 
Jump, fmpfetu 



21. 



Proud, ftolge* 
Frog, grofity* 
Cattle, Utinb&idj* 
Was feeding, grct^te* 
Meadow, SBtefe. 
Approached, nafyerte fitf^ 
Swamp, ©umpfc* 



Neighborhood, 9ta()C* 
Boasted, prafyfte* 
Comrades, $amerat>en. 
Vexed, argerltd)* 
Mockery, ®efpott 
Powerfully, madjttg. 
Burst, plafcte* 





VUWAJ3UJ 

22 


uiAKX. 


01 


Orange, 9tyfel|me* 




Pulp, Sletfd)* 


Juicy, fafttgeg* 


23 


• 


Beaver, 23ttJer + 




Chambers, ^.tntmertu 


Fur, g>eia* 




Trowel, ,$Me. 


Unite, seremtgert jf$. 




Mud, <Sd)(amm; 2e§nu 


Society, ©cfeflf<$aft. 




Pond, £et$* 


Forest, SBalbe* 


24. 


Laughing in his sleeve, jtd) 


Village, Dorf + 




[in's gauftdjen ladjenb* 


Danger, ®£fal)r* 




Trace, €>pur* 


In order to, urn — jm 




In earnest, iturHtd)* 


Destroy, um^ubrtngetu 


/■> c 


Dismay, @<$re<fetu 
Deceived, betrogen* 


Bees, 23tencn + 


25. 


Light, ftdj fe^ert* 


Rude, tot)* 




Suck, faugen* 


Creep, frtedjetu 




Blunder, ^efyfer* 


Neat, niefclidje* 




Rest, itfmcjen* 


Hives, ©tocfen* 




Stung, jtadjett* 


Board, SBretr* 




Screams, ©efdjret* 


Drill, %bxi^tm\Q. 








^^•^^m^>i 


^|S"yi1 





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26. 



Stem, (gtiel, m. 

Branch, .jjttetg, m. 

Skin, @&)ale, f. 

Pare off, abfcfyalen; abjieOen, 

Core, ©riebS, m. 

Seed, $ern, m. 



Sprout, <Sd)o§ltttg, m. 
Sauce, (Singemadto. 
Tart, £orte, f. 
Pie, *Pajfcte, f. 
Squeeze, preffen. 
Cider, iSiber; SXpfelroein, 



27. 



Busy, fcefdjaftigt 

Miss, sermiffen* 
Empty, leer* 
Quarrel, ganfeiu 
Return, gtmictfeijreru 



Takes advantage, macfyt fid) 

Absence, 2lbrcefenf)ett, f. 
Rocking-chair, <Bd)auUU 
[|hi$I,m. 



28. 



Suffer, letben. 

Blacksmith, ©cfymieb; ©rob- 
[fdjmteb, m. 
Peasant, 23auer, m. 
Beg, bitten* 
Judge, 3ti<$ter, m. 



State, cmgeben. 
Indispensable, mtentbefytlid^ 
Shoe horses, §)ferbebefd)Iac|ett 
Mend, au^beffenu 
Justice, ©erecfytigfeit, f. 



29 



Steam - boat, £)ampfboot ; 

[Xampffc^iff, n. 

Swept over board, iiber Sorb 

[gefpiUt, 

Struggle, fampfen ; ringeiu 



Wave, SBetle; 2Boge, f. 
Rope, ©eilj Xau, n. 
Never mind me, fit m mat 
[eud) md)tum mid)* 
Reply, erariebenu 



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3°- 



Low, fcrutteiu 
Babble, murmehu 
Gabble, fcfynattem, 
Bray, fcfyretetu 
Neigh, miefyertu 
Baa, fctofen. 



Ring, lautm. 
Squeak, qutefen. 
Creak, fnctrrem 
Peacock, *pfau, m. 
Screech, auffd)reiett< 



3 1 - 



Oven-bird, Dfensocjel, m. 
Oven, Sacfofen, ra. 
Hatch, aus&riitetu 
Curious, fcmberbar* 
Dome-shaped, fuppelfi)rmio,< 



Clay, £t)on, m. 
Wall, $$anl) f f. 
Downy feathers, g(aunt» 
[fet>er n* 
Slender, fcfylanf* 



Breathe, otfymett. 
Nostril, 9?afenlo$, n, 



3 2 - 



Lung, gunge, f. 

Mix, mifdjen; ftd) t>ermifd)en. 



Peach, 9)ftrff$, m. 
Crack, auffcredjetu 



33- 



Bed-ridden, kttlagerig. 
Bashfully, *>erfd)amt* 



34- 



Territory, £erritorium, n ; 
[2ant>fd)cift, f. 
Cherokee, (Efyerofee, m. 
Term, <5d)ultermm, m.< 



Keep house, $au$ ^altert* 
Injure, 6efc^dt)tgen* 
"Gray Squirrel, " „ bag 
[graue (£td)fa£c()eiu" 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



35- 



Elk, (Stettntfjier, n. 

Coarse, grofr* 

Mane, Waijixt, f. 

Pine wood, £cmttemr>alb, m. 

Shoot, ©prowling, m. 



Park, (Mjege, m ; fitnjUidjer 

[£ain, m. 

Quadruped, SSierfitJIcr, m. 

Chew the cud, wicberfaueiu 



36. 



Maple, 2UJ0rn,m. 


Tube, $i)f)re, f . 


Muscovado, SftuSfo&aboauder, 


Elder, §oIunber; $(teber,m 


[m. 


Sumach, ©umadjbaitm ; 


Sap, ©aft, m. 


[©cfcmad, m. 


Sugar-cane, 3u<ferro§r, n. 


Pine, £anne, f. 


Obtain, erlcmgen; gewinnen* 


Flow, fltejjen. 


Rise, aufftetgen* 


Drop, Sropfen, m. 


Root, 2Bur$eT, f. 


Stream, Strom, m. 


Ascend, ^inaufjletgen* 


Catch, cmffcmgetu 


Bud, $noSpe, f. 


Trough, £rog, m. 


Leaf, Slatt, n. 


Bucket, ©inter, m. 


Inch, 3 oil, m. 


A pailful, ettt (Sinter t>otI* 


Bore, Bofjretu 


Boil, foc^en; fieben* 


Auger, Sourer, m. 




37. 




Cousin, ffltufymt, f. 


Agree, betfttmmen ; ttber* 


Beef, 9ttttbfletf<§, n. 


[etnfontmen. 


Cabbage, $ofyt, m; $rcmt, n. 


Paw, ^3fote; Za$t, f. 


38. 




Sail-boat, ©egelboot, n. 


Strike, treffen. 


Glide, gleiteiu 


Upset, umfdjlagen* 


Bow, 33orbert&ett, m. 


Drown, txtxinUn. 


Stern, Jpmtertfyetl, m. 


Aid, £tlfe, f. 


Steer, fteuern* 


Manage, tyantyctbtn. 


Gust, ©tog, m. 





VOCABULARY. 



91 



39- 



Cruel, graufanu 
Mountainous, gebtrgtg* 
Bear, trageiu 
Wring, rtngen. 



40, 



Height, £otje, f. 
Scythe, ©enfe, f. 
Mower, Wal)im\tyint, f. 
Rake, red) en; fjarferu 
Winrow, @d)tt>at>, n. 
Hand-rake, £cmfcredjen, m. 
Horse-rake, ^ferfceredjen, m - 
Pitch, gctbehu 
Draw, fafyretu 

Pile, auffyaufen; auffcfytdjten. 
Hay-mow, £>eulmd)t, f; £eu* 
[bot>en, m. 
Place, auffteta* 
Hay-stack, £euf$obcr, nu 
Busy, gcfc^aftifl* 
Harvest, Srttte, f. 
Gather, eutfammelru 
Wheat, SBetgen, m. 
Rye, SRoggen, m. 
Barley, ©erfte, f. 



41. 



Light-house, fieudjt'ljurm, m. 
Lantern, Satewe, f. 
Seacoast, (geefiifte, f. 



Soar, ^odj ctuffltegert. 
Hunter, 3ager, m. 
Wear, tragetu 



Oats, ipctfer, m. 
Pea, (grbfe, f. 
Crop, (Srnte ; getbfru^t, f. 
Hurry, treiben. 
Event, SreigniJ, n. 
Stalk, ©tengef ; §dlm, m. 
Turns yellow, gelb toirfc* 
Kernel, fen, m. 
Grain, ^orn, n. 
Erect, aufredbtj gerafce* 
Bend, fid) beugetu 
Downward, abwarts* 
Weight, ©ewtc&t, n. 
Sickle, @id)el, f. 
Cradle, .Korbfeufe, f. 
Reaper, $Jlai)ma\tf)int, f. 
Sheaf, ©arbe, f. 
Bunch, £aufen, m. 
Shocks or stooks, (3axUn- 
[f)cmfen, m. 



Shore, <Strant>, m. 
Flash, f unfeln ; Mi{3etu - 
Sailor, ©cemannj Sftatrofe,!!!. 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



42. 



Cunning, fdjlatt 
Steep, j&tje; jletf. 

Craggy, Wq+ 

Top, ©tpfel, m. 
Thrust, jietfen. 



Brute, Xtytx, n. 
Slyly, (etfe. 
Leap, fprtngeiu 
Tumble, !opfii6er jturgettn 
Mangle, germcttmetu 



43- 



Sadness, SBetni&ntjj, f. 
Prisoner, ©efangene, m. 
About, umtyer* 
Peep, gucfetu 
Wire, £>ral)t, n. 
Ask, fort>ertu 
Count, $atylen. 
Pleased, sergnitgt 



Trade, ©ef$&ft, n. 
Bargain, ipanbel, m. 
Settled, afytmafyt. 
No sooner, laurn* 
Surprise, Ue&errafcfyuttg, f. 
Shut up, cingcfpcrrt* 
Prison, ©efangntg, n. 
Resolved, entfd)Ioffen* 



44. 



Pale, Mag ; IjetL 
Shrub, ©rraucfy, m. 
Bark, ffilnbe, f. 
Tease, necferu 
Butt, ftogen* 



Kid, 3ttffetn, n « 

Glove, £anbf$uJ), m. 

Shawl, ©§an>T, m. 

Give way to me, <je§' mtr 



Scare, erfdjredetu 
Search, fu^en* 
Fright, Sfogfc f. 



45- 



Trot, trabetu 
Habit, ©etoo$n§eft, f. 

Cure, Ijeileru 



VOCABULARY. 



93 



46. 

Prince, ^ritt^, m. Win, geminnetu 

Art of printing, 33ud)brucfer» Deed, £ant>lung; Zijat, f. 

[fun(l, f. Trace back, gurucffii^ren*- 
Give mind, ($etjt §aBen* 



47- 



Kingbird, ^omgS&ogel, m. 
Robin, *Rott)fdj(djett, n. 
Hawk, QaUfyt, m. 
Crow, $ra$e, f. 

Strain, anffrettgetu 
Nerve, -fterfc, m. and f. 
Vain, aergefcltdj. 
Trial, 33erfudj, m. 
Untie, aufbtnfoem 

Begone ! 3)ade bid) ! 
Fix, f)efteru 
Prepare, juberetteru 

Tender, jortUd^ 
1 Stroll, um^crftreidjen. 
Lane, $>fab, m. 
Smile, lacfyeltu 
Stray, um^crftreifen. 
Drenched, t>ur$tta§t* 
Slight, leidjt ; unbefceutenb. 
Grave, ©rab, n. 



48. 



49- 



5°- 



Dash, 2htgrtff, m. 
Bill, ©djnabel, m. 
Foe, getttfc, m. 



Reply, ewtebern. 
Prosper, gebeit)eiu 
Injure, ©c^abert ttjun* 
Link, $tng, m ; 23anb, n. 



Advice, SRafy, m. 
Future, 3ufunft, f. 



Edge of a grove, (Saitm 
[etneS £aineg + 
Burst, 9Iu3brud), m. 
Grief, ©ram ; ©djmcr^, m. 
Steal away, ftd)bct$on madden. 
Moan, foetyflagen. 
Grieve, ftdj gramem 
Sorely, fyeftig ; lief* 
Sob, fa)ludJ3etu 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



5i« 



Macedon, 9ftacefconiett< 
Greece, ©rte^enlant)* 
Persia, $erftetu 



Lane, Sfteftenfirage, f. 
Hedge, £ccfe, f. 
Beech, 23ud)e, f. 
Birch, Sirle, f. 



5 2 - 



53- 



Arrive, anfommetu 

Station, (Station; ipaltefMe, f. 



54- 



Leap, fpringeiu 



55- 



Anecdote, SInefbote, f. 
Grand-nephew, ©ropneffe, m. 
Cabinet, SlroettSgimmer, n. 
Knock, umfjerfdjlagen; 
[fc^ageiu 
Writing materials, ©djreib* 

Fling, f(^teut)ern* 



56. 



Note of invitation, (£inla* 
[bung$orief<$en, n. 
Compliments, ©ruf}, m. 



India, ^nbiett* 
Known, Befcmnh 
Consequence, $olge, f. 



Elm, Wme, f. 

Ash, efd&c, f. 

Ledge, <Sd)td)t ; Sage, f. 
Thrush, £)roffei, f.. 



Museum, 9ftufeum,n; jhrnft* 
[fammluttg, f. 



Back, SRMcn, m. 



Majesty, SD?aJeffrar, f. 
Continue, fortfa^retu 
Indignation, Gmtritjhutg, f. 
Hip, £itfte, f. 

Wearing a peremptory air, 
[erne fe^r entfc^iebene SSJtiene 
[anne^menb* 
Silesia, ©djlejlen* 



Note of regret, 5lBfagc* 
brtefcfyen, n. 
Regret, bebauertu 



VOCABULARY. 



95 



Valley, £§al, n. 
Waste, SBitjie, f. 



57- 



Calm, ruljtg. 



Castle, (EdjTofj, n. 
Fort, Se|hutg, f. 
Parade, ©eprange, n. 



58. 



Erect, aufrtdjreru 
Mirror, Spiegel, m. 



59- 



Earthquake, (£rt>&eben, n. 
Dull, bumpf. 
Rumble, poltenu 
Sound, ©eraufdi, n; Jon, m. 
Surface, JD&erflacfye, f. 
Immediately, unmtttelfrar* 
Tremendous, fdjredltd)* 
Shock, @to§, m. 
Shelter, <3dju&, m. 



Massive, maffto ; fcfymer. 

Marble, marmonu 

Quay, $ai ; £)amm ; #afen= 

[bamm, m. 
Fragment, 23rud)ftu(J, n. 
Chasm, (gcjlunb; 51 6* 

Lgrunb, m. 
Engulfed, tterfcfytungeru 
Fissure, @palt, m ; Muft, f. 



6o. 



Estimate, fc^a^en* 
Approximate, ftdj itatyerru 
Pretend, ijorgeftetu 
Mortal, ©terfftidje, m. 
Vary, medjfeln* 
Plentiful, reic^Xid^* 
Average, £)urd)f$ttitt, m. 
Common sized, gettofynltd) 



Coarse, groK 
Amount, (5umme,f. 
Suppose, fcermuttjeiu 
Light-colored ^etlfctrMg* 
Possessor, SBefti^er, m. 
Raven tresses, SkBenlocfei^pl 
Flaxen-haired, flad)3§aarig* 
Boast, ftdj riii)men + 
Curl, Socfe, f. 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 

61. 



Place, fe|en. 
Fog, 9M>el, m. 
Ring, lanten. 
Folks, %tutt, pi. 
Space, 3tam, m. 
Spy-glass, gerngtaS, n. 



Balloon, Suftbatton, m. 
Rope, @etl, n. 
Speck, %kdd)en, n. 



62. 



Flute, State, f. 

Roar, Jjeuleru 

Moan, „btanfen"; tt?el)t(agen< 

Twig, 3^% m - 

New-mown, frifd) gema^U 



String, ©d)nur, f. 
Valve, $lappe, f. 
Grieve, ftd) gramen. 



63- 



Laudable, loDen$t»ert§* 
Undertaking, Unteruetymen, n. 
Downcast, niebevgefcfylagen. 
Failure, SDft^lingen, n. 
Defeat, Sftiefterlage, f. 
Vanquish, beftegen* 
Resolution, @ntfd)(offentjeit, f. 
Lines of business, ©efdjaftS* 
Qrcetge* 
Found, griutt>en* 
Ornament, 3* er H £ 
Age, ^ettalter, n. 
Eloquence, 33erebfamfett, f. 
Giant, 3fUefe, m. 



Failed to make both ends 
[meet, fonnte fein 2lu$fom= 
[men ni$t ftnben* 
Galley-slave, ©aleeren* 
[fflase, m. 
Flat-boatman, gloger, m. 
Grocery, (^ettmr^anblnng, f. 
Tan, gerkn* 

Breeches, £ofen; 33einfteifc>ei\ 
"Brought up," txtoaxb fein 
[2fu$fommen. 
" Teaming it" to town, e$ 
[in bie (Stabt fafyrenfc. 
Elect, ertvafylen. 



VOCABULARY, 



97 



64. 






Sugar-cane, 3udtxxot)x, n. 
Row, ffiet§e, f. 
Roller, 2BaI$e, f. 
Tub, Subtv, m. 
Drain, aMctufetu 
Moist, feud^t 



Item, 9fatdjrt<$t, f. 
Bold, ijerwegen* 
Outrage, ©emalttptigfeit, 
Transpire, sorfommem 
Perpetrate, ausitbetu 
Custom, ©eroofjntyett, f. 
Put up, fetyrte ein* 
Rear-door, iptntertfyiire, f. 
Alley, £mtergaffe, f. 
Cross, itberfc^reitcn* 
Region, ($5egenb, f. 
Temple, <5$faf, m. 
Stagger, taumelm 
Pounce, jtd) fturgen* 
Tear, retfj etu 
Snatch, ttjegfdjrtappetu 
Bill, SBanfnote, f. 



Thickly, btd)t 
Settled, bemofyttt* 
Queer, fonberbar. 
Steeple, %$uxm, m. 



65 



66. 



Loaf-sugar, .JSput^utfer, m. 
Mould, ®tegform, f. 
Lump, <StM, n. 
Obtain, getmnnetu 
Beet-root, gucferritbe, f. 
Sugar-maple, 3utfera^orn,m 



Consist, bejMjeru 
Remainder, 0iejt, m. 
Various, tterfcfytebetu 
Denomination, B e n e n* 
[flung, f- 
Profusely, retc^Xtd^ ; liber* 
Tmagtg* 
Weakness, (S(^tt?ad)e, f. 
Recognize, erfentteru 
Idea, ©ebanfe, m; 3bee, f- 
Exhibit, jetgen ; fe^tit lajjen* 
Serious, ernft. 
Crime, ^erbredjen, n. 
Arrest, t>erf)aftetu 
Desert, goljrt, m; (Strafe, f. 
Result, Ijerritljretu 
Excitement, 2lufregurtg, f. 



Slope, Slbfyang, m. 
Grape, £raube, f. 
Twine, anfyeftetu 



98 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



6 7 . 



Novelist, 9?0t)eHettfdjreiber,m. 
Coin, Sftuitge, f. 



Purse, ®etbtafd)e, f. 
Baronet, $reif)err, m. 



68. 



Dutch, IjoUartbtfd}* 
Venice, 55enebtg* 
Though, obgletcfy. 
Remind, ertnnertu 
No peer, nidjt feine§gletdjeiu 
Isolated, ueretn^elt. 
Belt, ®urte(, m. 
Shallow, fetd)t. 
Traffic, $erfer;r, m. 
Merchandise, $aufmamt§* 
[gut, n. 
Barge, 23arfe, f. 
Gondola, @ottbel, f. 
Quay side, ©cfytffSldnbe ; 
[SBerftc, f. 



Studded, befefct. 
Stall, 23ube, f. 
Stuff, geug, n. 
Colored, farbtg* 
Flavored, mofytrtedjenb* 
Huge, unge^euer. 
Gourd, $iirbtg, m. 
Luscious, foftltdj. 
Moldering, cermttternb, 
Lagoon, Sagune, f. 
Bustle, ®etiimmel, n. 
Row, ruberit, 
Cargo, Sabuttg, f. 
To and fro, cmf u'ttb ah, 
Picturesque, matertfd). 



69. 



Arabia, 3lrabten. 
Oriental, morgettlartbtfdj, 
Arab, 2lraber, m. 
Strip, etttHetbetu 
Cautiously, fcorftdjtig. 
Wade, toatetu 
Cover, bebecfen. 
Sea-weed, ©eegra§, n. 



Forage, (Spetfe fud)en. 
Surface, D berff ddje, f. 
Alarmed, beunrufytgt. 
Approach, Jerannafjen. 
Mass, ma\h, f. 
Evidently, augettfcfyetitftcfy. 
Regard, betracfytetu 
Floating, jd)ttnmmertb. 



VOCABULARY. 



99 



Properly, gtoecfgemajj. 
Arrange, orbrten. 
Glide, fdjlupfetu 
Employ, befd)dftigen* 



Apron, ©d&arge,.f. 



70. 



'/!• 



Propose, Dorfcfylagetu 
Put up a lunch, beretteten 
[etnctt ^mbtg Dor* 
Sign-board, SBegtoetfer, m. 
Keeper, §itter ; Stuffe^er, m. 
Cave, $q1)U, f. 
Distance, ©ntfernung, f. 
Candle, %i<Z)t, n. 
Entrance, ©tngang, m. 
Narrow, fajmaL 



72. 



Map, Scmbrarte, f. 
Spain, ^paittett. 
France, ^ranlretd^. 

Descend, fyera&faHetu 
Atmosphere, SuftfretS, m. 
Express-train, ©cfyneflgug, nu 
Ascend, cmfftetgeit. 
Convert, umrcaubeltu 



73- 



Fairly, geniigettb. 
Occasion, @elegen§eit, f. 
Wend, ummenben ; letifett 



Moment, 2fugenblt(f, m. 



Icicle, (gtSjapfcn, m. 
Melt, fajmel^etu 
Drip, tropfeln. 
Statue, SBtlbjcmfe, f. 
Petrified, Derftetnert* 
Top, 2)ecfe, f. 
Bottom, (Srunb, m. 
Grotto, ©rotte, f. 
Fairy bowers, % e e n - 
[lauben, pi. 



Numb, erjtarrt 
Scene, ©djaup(a£, m. 



Vapor, 2)unji, m. 
Revive, belebetu 
Dame Nature, 9tt u 1 1 e r 
[9?atur* 



100 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



74- 



Sparrow, ©pafc; (Sperling, m. 
Surprised, itberrafdjt. 
Infest, befdjabtgetu 
Annoy, SSerbrug madjetu 
Crumb, $rume, f. 



75- 



Principal, ^auptfadjltclj* 

Lead, 23tet, n. 

Tin, S^nn, n. 

Zinc, 3tttf, n. 

Mine, SJUrte, f; SBergmerf, n. 

Substance, $orper, m. 

Merrily, lufttg* 
Suddenly, pto^ltdj. 
Northeast, 9?orboften, m. 
Mate, 9ttarttidjen; 2Betbdjert,n 
Spotted, geftetft. 
Eaves, 2)adjrinne, f. 
Rafter, ©parrett, m. 

Originally, urfprihtgttdj* 
Celebrated, htxufymt. 
Introduce, etnfiir;reru 
Italy, ^taltcn. 
Netherlands, 9?teber(cmbe* 
Cultivate, artbaueiu 
Guest, ©aft, m. 
Deliver a speech, elite IRcbc 
[fatten* 



76. 



77- 



Rear, cmfete^eru 
Climate, ®Itma, n. 
Brood, S3rut, f. 
Hence, baljer. 
Increase, SBermeljrurtg, f. 



Hinge, §ct§pe, f. 
Tool, SBerfyeug, n. 
Sheet, %>k<$), n. 
Sheathe, beplatten* 
Chiefly, fcorgugStoetfe. 



Quail, SBad&tel, f. 
Box-trap, iBogetfaHe, f. 
Snare, ©djttttge, f. 
Ramble, umfyerfdjmetfen^ 
Hobble, I)trtfetu 
Rapidly, rafcfy* 



Importance, SBtdjttgfeit, f- 
Abominable, abfct)eultd). 
Tropical, troptfd^ 
Nobleman, (Sbelmamt.iB. 
Direct, beauftragetu 
Bulb, &noUt, f. 
Delicious, tecfer. 
Eatable, efjbar. 



VOCABULARY. 



101 



78. 



Arranged, georbnet. 
Point, ©pt§e, f. 
Gander, ®anfertdj, m. 
Flight, Slug, m. 
Flock, <Sd)tt>arm, m. 
Ignorant, untotffenb. 
Destination, SRetfegtel, n. 
Region, ®egenb, f. 



Pursue, toerfolgen. 
Undeviating, unbeirrt. 
Unwearied, unermubet. 
Wing, gtitgel, m. 
Vast, uitgefyeuer. 
Sportsman, ^ a g b t i e b * 
[fyaber, m. 
Pair, ftd) paaren. 



79- 



Danube, ©ortcm, f. 
Fuel, geuerung, f. 
Juniper-berry, SBctd^otber* 
[beere, f. 
Possibly, moglidjertoetje. 



Distiller, Srannttoetnbren* 

[iter, m. 

Hollands, SBadjIjjolber* 

[jc^napS, m. 

Envy, Sftetb, m. 



80. 



Sadly, traurtg. 
Set a bird-trap, ettte $ogel* 
[faUe aufftetten. 
Fieldfare, $rammet§Doget,m. 
Delight, ergij^en. 
Recollect, fidj erinnern. 
Doubt, 3toeifef/ m. 



Alarm, Uttrulje, f. 
In the negative,t>emettienb. 
Admittance, 3 u trttt ; m. 
A well-to-do man,ettt reiser 
[SDfomt. 
Expense, Soften, pi. 
A learned man,eitt®elefyrter 



81. 



Curled, gefraufelt* 
Whirl, brefyen. 
Nod, nitfen; toogen, 
Isle, (SUcmb, n. 



Whisper, ®efttifter, n. 

Though, obgletdj. 

Dot, yunit, m; £iipflettt, n. 



102 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



82. 

Mammoth cave, 9ftammut§* Torch, Satfet, f. 

[fyofyte, f. Sparkle, glt&ern ; funfeln. 
Limestone, $alfftetn, m. 



Poppy, ;3tto^n, m. 
Poisonous, gtfttg* 



83. 



Drug, Street, f. 
Opium, Dptum, n. 



84. 



Strange, feltfcmu 
Fiction, ©tdjtuttg, f. 
Clown, §cttt§murft, m. 
Favorite, SteBUttg, m. 
Act, fpietetu 
Imitate, nadjaljmeit. 
Buzzing, Summen, n. 
Squeal, qutefen. 
Crowd, 2Kettge, f. 



Humorous, Ictumg, 
Medicine, %x^nn, f. 



35. 



Stage, S8iir)rie, f. 
Pretend, Dorgebett. 
Motion, 53emegung, f. 
Pinch, frtetfen. 
Furious, ftutfyent). 
Sound, £on, m. 
Hiss, gtfcften. 
Judge, Sfttd^ter, m. 



Quack, £mad\alhtv, m. 
Doctor, curtren. 



Fate, ©djttffal, n. 
Idler, Sftiifjtggattger, m. 
Respectable, cmftattbtg. 



86. 



Vagrant, £anbftret$er, m. 
Institution, 2Ittfta(t, f. 
Keeper, 5Iuf[e^er, m. 



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103 



87. 



Advertisement, 9In$etge, f. 
Plain and fancy cook, ®od}ttt 
[fiir etrtfadje u. fetnere £afet. 
Oppportunity, ®elegenfyett, f. 
Apply, ttatf)fudjett; anfragetu 
Situation, ©telle, f. 



88. 



Mouth, SJliinbung, f. 
Supply, $orratlj, ra. 
Abroad, cm§mart§. 
Cotton, SBaumtootte, f. 



89. 



Witty, tt>i£tg. 

Youth, ^uttge; bungling, m. 
Apprentice, Sel;rltng, m. 
Board, in bie $oft gefyett. 
Avaricious, getgtg. 
Fact, Xf)at\atf)t, f. 
Attention, 2lufmerffamfett, f. 
Complain, Hagen ; ftdj be* 
[ftagen. 
Sob, fdjlud^etu 



90. 



Navy, $totte, f. 
Simplicity, ©djttdjtljett, f. 
Prove, betoetjett. 
Done, abgemctdjt. 
Opposite, gegettiiber Uegettb. 



Mistress, §emtt, f. 
Extended, aerlattgert. 
Unless, toenn ntdjt, • 
Information, 5Iu§futtft, f. 
Regarding, betreffettb. 
Capacity, gafytgfett-, f. 



Grain, ©etretbe, n. 
Bay, 23at ; 23udjf, f. 
Gay, leb^aft* 
Amusement, 23efufttgung,f. 



Dim, matt; bunlet. 
Glance, SBlid, m. 
Intimate, anbeutetu 
Hand, barreidjen. 
Slice, ©cfytuttdjen, n. 
Chuckle, !td;ern. 
Mutter, ntuvmettt. 
Regain, toieberertattgen. 
Recognize, erfettnen. 
Feature, ®eftdf)t§3itg, m. 



Declare, erftaren. 
Lag, gaubertt. 
Accost, anreben. 
Submit, f{$ ergebett, 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



91. 



Legend, ^egenbe ; 6age, f. 
Cubic-foot, (SuMffujj, m. 
Chisel, metjjeltt. 
Noted, befannt. 
Spot, gtecf, m. 
Surrounding, umttegettb. 
Adjacent, benctcpart 
To increase their wages, t^ren 
[2ofyn §u ertyoljetu 






Effort, 23emttl;uttg, f. 
Dispute, ©trett, m. . 
Tigress, £tgerttt, f. 
Ferocity, SRaferet, f. 
Incredible, uttglaubltdj. 
Villager, 3)orfbeh)oI)ner, m. 
Nightfall, ©unfettoerben, n. 



Dike, £>etdj; 2)amm, m. 
Dutch, §oEanber, m. 
Trade, §anbeln. 



92. 



Fancy, 9?etgung, f. 
Black Forest, ©djtoarg* 
[toalb, m. 



93- 



Sunset, (Sonttertitntergang, m. 
Sight, "Sdjaufptet, n. 
View, Slnbtttf, m. 
Balloon-trip, Suftretfe, f. 
Altitude, §o§e, f. 
Orb, £ret§, m ; (Sc^eibe, f. 
Apparently, jd^ctnbar. 
Ere long, balb. 



94- 



Beneath, uitter* 
Afford, barbtetetu 
Vision, SlrtBUdi, m. 
Witness, Slugengeuge fetn. 
Spectacle, (Sdjaitfptel, n. 
Magnificent, fyerrltdj. 
Description, $rt ; 33efdjret6* 
|>ng, U 



Ferocious, Juttb. Musk-ox, 9#ofdju§tl)ier, n. 

Grizzly bear, ber graue23ar,m. Rattlesnake, flapper* 

Raccoon, 2Baf$bar, m. [fdjlaitge, f. 

Zone, gone, f; ©rbgitrtel, m. Incommon,gemetnfd)afttt(§ 



VOCABULARY. 



105 



95' 



Trousers, ^umpljofett, pi. 
Shave, fdjeerett. 
Top-lock, ©djettellotfe, f. 
Plaited, geftodjten. 



9 6. 



Made his escape, entfto^. 
Threaten, broken* 
Enrage, toiitjeub madden. 
Creature, ©efdjopf, n. 

Farewell, £ebett)oIjt, n. 
Magyar, 9ftagtyar; Ungar, m. 
Sorrow, Srcmer, f. 
Behold, fcfyauetu 
Summit, ®tpfel, m. 
Fixed, gefyeftet. 
Overwhelmed, iibermatticjt. 
Anguish, Dual, f. 
Overshadowed, Derbunfelt* 
Bosom, 23ruft, f. 
Forge, fdjmtebetu 
Sacred, ^etttg. 
Brow, ©time, f. 
Withering, met! mctdjenb. 



97- 



98. 



Gypsy, gtgeuner, m . 
Tent, gelt, n. 

Descendant, -ftctdjfomme, m. 
Refuse, ftdj tuetgertt* 



Cue, 3opf, m. 
Clumsy, ptutnp* 
Embroidered, gejHcft, 
Toddle, tratfdjehu 



Induce, Bett>e$etu 
Opposite, gegeniiBer* 
Secured, befefttgt* 



Despair, SBergtoetfhtitg, f. 
In thy behalf, 3U betttett 
[(Sunften. 
Principle, ®runb(a§, m. 
Faded, t>erbltd)ert. 
Forces, ©trettfrctfte, pi. 
Tomb, ®ruft, f. 
Grasp, ®rtff, m. 
Tyranny, %t)xannti, f. 
Vitals, 2eben§t§eUe, pi. 
Blighting, ttermdjtenb. 
Curse, $ludj, m. 
Oppression,Unterbrii(fung,f 



Compare, ttergtetdjetu 
Examine, prufem 
Mark, getdjett, n. 
Describe, befdjretben* 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



Submit, fid) untertoerfetu 
Conqueror, Sroberer, m. 
Fare, $a§rgelb, n. 
Touched, geritfyrt. 
Compassion, Sftttletb, n. 
Gang, 2Sattbe, f. 
Stroller, ©troldj; ©tromer,m. 
Attraction,2lngter)uttg§fraft,f. 
Abound, Ueberflug r^abcit* 



Prove, jtdj ertoetfen. 
Understanding, Sluffafs- 
[fungSgabe, f. 
Eminence, §oI)e ; @r§a&en* 
[$eti f f. 
Talent, mintage, f; £alent,n. 
Knowledge, $etmtntjj, f. 
Minister, ®efattbte, m. 



99. 



Service, 3)ienft, m. 
Oppress, unterbriidfen. 
Impose, auflegeru 
Consent, gufttmmuttg, f. 
Compel, ^tmngett. 
War, $rteg, m. 
Dreadful, fdjretfltd). 
Battle, (Bfyiafyt, f. 
Fight, fecfyten ; fdjlagen. 
Endure, erbulbetu 
Cause, <&a.$t f f. 
Successful, erfolgretdj* 
Acknowledge, anerfettnen. 



Independence,Unabfyangtg- 
[left, f. 
Prudence, $Iug§ett, f. 
Result, 2lu§gang, m. 
Indebted, DerpfUdjtet. 
Rank, Slang, m. 
Maintain, fatten* 
Chosen, ermafylt. 
Retire, ftdj gurucf^iefjen. 
Estate, 2anbfi§, m ; 33eftfc* 
[tfyum, n. 
Mourn, trauern. 



100. 



Tact, Zait, m; 3artgefit§l, n - 

Versus, gegeiu 

Sober, nuc^tern* 

Grave, ge[e§t ; ernftr)aft* 

Respectable, adjtung§mertlj. 



Interpreter, 2lu§(eger, m. 
Riddle, Eat^fel, n. 
Surmounter,Ueberhnnber,m 
Difficulty, ©djmterigfett, f. 
Remover, 2Begrtfumer, m. 



VOCABULARY. 



107 



Sense, (Stmt, m. 
Keen, fdjarf. 
Lively, teb^aft* 
Touch, ©efitljl, n. 



Solitude, (Stnfamfett, f. 
Society, ©efetlfd&aft, f. 
Momentum, 23etr>egung§= 
[trteb, m. 



IOI. 



Contrast, @egenfa£, m. 
Gallant, tapfer. 
Adversary, ©egner, m. 
Roman, Corner, m. 
Garrison, 23efa£ung, f. 
Maimed, r>erftitmmeit 
Battered, germalmt. 
Gladiator, $edjter, m. 
Miserable, elenb* 
Outcast, oertoorfetu 
Horde, §orbe, f. 
Chastity, $eujd)fjett, f. 
Contend, ftretten. 
Wantonness, Uepptgfeit, f. 
Purity, Sftetnfjett, f. 
Pollution, 23eflecfung, f. 
Integrity, tofridjttglett ; 
[SBteberfeit, f. 
Treachery, 33ervatlj, m. 



Piety, grommigfett, f. 
Profaneness,9£ud)lojtgfett,f. 
Constancy, 23eftanbtgfett,f. 
Baseness, 9?tebertrad)ttg= 

[fett, f. 
Continence, (Stttfyaltfant-- 

[fett, f. 
Lust, Sufi, f. 
Equity, SBtHtgfeit, f. 
Fortitude, £apferfett, f. 
Prudence, $Iug§wt, f. 
Iniquity, S3o§Ijeit, f. 
Luxury, ©djmetgeret, f. 
Cowardice, fyeig^ett, f. 
Rashness, £oflfu§nIjett, f. 
Virtue, SEugertb, f. 
Vice, Safter, n. 
Absolute, nnbebtngt. 



102. 



Season, ^a^reSgett, f. 
Size, Umfang, m ; ®roJ5e, f. 



Washed, befpittt. 
Affect, beeinfluffen, 



108 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



I03. 



Burst, auSbredjen* 
Dart, fcfytegetu 
Engine, 3)ampffpri£e, f. 
Hose, <&<§laud), m. 
Hark, r;ordj ! 
Rescue, SRettung, f. 
Risk, toagen. 
Amid, mitten in— ♦ 
Hoist, aufgtefyen. 
Choke, erjitcfetu 
Snatch, roegretgen. 
Glimpse, SBlid, m. To catch 
[a glimpse of him,i^n nur fitr 
[etnen Slugenbltcf §n fe^en* 



Strain, anftrengen. 
Cheer, anfmnntern. . 
Gaze, anftarren. 
Darling, Stebltng, m. 
Generous, grofjmutfytg. 
Admiration, 23ett>unbes 
[rung, f. 
Satisfaction, @enug« 
[tfyuung, f. 
Self-sacrificing, fetbftauf- 
[opfetnb. 
Exertion, Slnftrengnng, f. 
In behalf, urn — ttulkn. 



104. 



Crane, $rantdj, m. 
Greedy, gierig. 
Hastily, Ijafttg. 
Swallow, f cf> I u cf e n; nr* 
[fd^Ungen. 
Throat,®urget,f;<5d}tunb,m. 
Eject, au§tt)erfen. 
Slide, glettem 
Of no use, Dergebltdj* 
Miserably, iammertid}. 
Difficulty, SBertegenfyett; 
pSdjttnertgfett, f. 
Reward, 23etof)nung, f. 



If it should fully succeed, 
[menn e§ tfjm »5Htg ge* 
[Ungen miitbe* 
Remove, entfernen. 
Jaws, SRadjen, m. 
Beak, ©d^nabef, m. 
Gently, fanfh 
Modestly, befdjetben. 
Wretch, 2Btd?t; £ropf, m. 
Spare, fd^onen* 
Ingratitude, Unbanfbar* 
[hit, f. 
Assistance, 33etftanb, m. 



VOCABULARY. 



109 



105. 



Instance, SBeifptet, n. 
Confinement, ©trtfperrurtg, f. 
Atmosphere, Suft, f. 
Vitiated, aerborberu 
Repeatedly, nueberljoletttlidj* 
Occurrence, SBorfatf, m. 
Memorable, bertfrr»itrbtg* 
Melancholy, traurtg* 
Reduced, ^ur Uebergabe ge« 
[gtDintgert. 
Dungeon, Verier, m. 
Square, im ©ernert. 
Barred, fcerghtert. 
Perspiration, ©djtoetfj, m. 
Ensue, etntreteru 
Intolerable, uttertrdgltd^ 



Respiration, Sltfymen, n. 
Guard, 2Bad;e, f. 
Induce, betoegen. 
Aggravate, erfcfjtoereru 
Distress, ©rangjal, f. 
Confusion, $ertmrrung, f. 
Amid, mitten unter* 
Horrid, fdjretfltd). 
Raving, ^ftafert, n. 
Delirium, ©etfteSDertoL* 
[rung, f. 
Opprobrious, fdjmdfyUd). 
Viceroy, 53tcelontg, m. 
Provoke, aufretgen. 
Eager, begierig. 
Putrid fever, gaulfieber, n. 



106. 



Current, SD^ccrcSjiromung, f. 
Moderate, mitberrt; mafjtgen. 
Emerald Isle, ©maragb* 

Bnfcl, f. 

Scenery of the wild western 
[coast district, SanbfdjaftS; 
[btlb be§ rrnlbert, roejiltcfyen 
[$itftetiftrtcr)e§. 

Romantic, romanttjcfy* 

Tourist, IRetfenbe, m. 



Ruin, ^utrte, f ; Strummer 
Castle, ©djiofc StaftOi, n. 
Abbey, «6tet, f. 
Architecture, 23aufurtft, f. 
Inferior, urttergeorbrtet. 
Comfortable, beqiiem. 
Thatched, ftro^gebetft. 
Hovel, §iUte ; ®otr)e, f. 
Apparent, erfidjtltcf). 
Hardened, gef)artet* 



110 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



I07. 



Mandarin, Sftanbartne, m. 
Accost, attrebetu 



108. 



Capital, §cmptftabt, f. 
Empire, 9£etdj;®atfert§um,n. 

Inhabitant, ©tmt>o§ner, m. 
Dreary, obc ; trcutrtg* 
Plain, ©bene, f. 
Advantage, 23or§ug, m. 
Palace, $atafi, m. 



Bonze, SBon^e, m. 

Jewel, (Sbetfletn, m ; ®e* 

[fdjmetbe, n. 



Historical collections, SCI* 
[tert^umSfammluttgetK 

Statue, <5tanbbtlb,n; 23Ub- 
[faule, f. 
Rank, ftdj attretljeiu 
Promenading place, $rome* 
[ttabe, f 
Jew, %ubt, m. 



109. 



Occur, ftattftnbetu 
Proof, S3emet§, m. 
Affection, gaxtlifyhit, f* 
Offering, ©abe, f. 
Token, Setdjen, n - 
Sentiment, ©efitfyt,n. 
Particularly, befcmber§» 



no. 



Surpass, iibertreffetu 
Transportation, %oxU 
[jcfjaffung,f; Xran§port,m. 
Silk, (Setbettftoff, m. 
Thread, ^no'un, m. 
Muslin, Sfluffelin, m ; ^cffcl* 
[tudj, n. 



Recall to my mind, mir tn 1 ^. 
[©ebadjttufj rufett* 
Innumerable, uttgafyltg. 
Testimonial, 3eugttiJ3, n 
Indebted, Derbunbetu 
Fervent, htntg* 



Occupation, 23efd)aftigurtg,f 
Variety, 3Serfdjtebeit§ett, f. 
Graceful, anmutfytg* 
Grotesque, ttmttbertidj; pof* 

Article, ®egenftanb, m. 
Exportation, 2Iu§fuI)r, f. 



VOCABULARY. 



Ill 



Jewelry, ®olbtt>aare, f. 
•Especially, bejonberg* 
Wood-carving, § o I 3= 
Lfcfyxttfcen, n. 



Whittle, fdjnifcetn. 
Toy, ©ptetgeug, n. 
Cottage, ScmbtyjuS, n. 
Chamois, @emje, f. 



in 



Signify, bebeutetu 
Float, fdjmimmeit; tretben* 
Tide, giut§, f. 
Adopt, cmtte^metu 
Elsewhere, anber§mo< 
Possession, 23efi§uttg, f- 
Pronunciation, 2iu§fpradfye, f. 
Flow, flte&en. 
Bustle, tojen; larmett. 
Rush, rafett ; raujdjeiu 
Rapid, ©tromjdjnette, f. 
Hurry, jagen; iiberetktu 
Forest flotsam, SBatbabfdHe. 
Clog, anfftttcn ; Ijemmeru 
Channel,glujjbett,n;$attal,m 
None the less, tttd)t§befh)« 
[roeniger. 
Sweet-voiced woman, $rau 
[nut tiebttdjer ©timme. 
Brilliant, gldnjenb ; fdjim* 
[mernb. 
Command, 33erfiiguttg, f. 



Uniform, gleic^formtg* 
Current, Stromuttg, f. 
In and out, bitrd}ge£)ettb§. 
Meander, fid) frummen ; 
[ftdj totnbeit* 
Loiter, trobeltt; ^ogern. 
Ripple, platfd^ern ; mur< 
[meltu 
Bend, 33teguttg, f. 
Thrifty, gefegnet ; toofyU 
[fyabenb. 
Angle, SBtttfet, m. 
Curve, frummen; btegen. 
Land-sweep, Scmbfhtcfy, m. 
Stretch,2auf, m; ^Rtdjtung; 
[©trecfe, f. 
Border, ©rertgc, f. 
Twin, 3njttthtg. 
Tributary, 9£ebenfluf$, m. 
Cross, quer burcfygefyen. 
Holds in its embrace, um* 



112 



PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



112. 



Unity movement, @ttt§ett§* 
beftrebung, f. 
Barely, faurru 
Devoted, gctotbmet. 
Sculptor, 53tlb^auer ; m. 
Conceive, erfirtnen. 
Patriotic, ttateilanbifdj. 
Gigantic, ricfcn^aft. 
Vanquisher, SBefieger, m. 
Monument, 2)enf mal, n. 
Enormous, aujjergembfjnlidj. 
Proportion, 33er§altntjs, n. 
Pedestal, g u j$ g e ft e 1 1 n ; 
[©ocfel, m. 
Base, ©ruttblage, f. 
Site, Drt, m ; Sage, f. 
Position, ©tettung, f. 
Magnitude, ©roge, f. 
Chimera, §intgefptitnft, n. 
Reality, a33irl!id)fett, f. 



ii 



Railroad centre, (£tjenbaljn= 

[^notertpunft, m. 

Port of entry, @tttgaitg§= 

[fyafen, m. 

County seat, <2tfc ber $ret3* 

[regterung. 

County, $ret§ ; ®au, m ; 

[©raffd&aft, f - 
Populous, beoollert. 



Subscription, Unterjdjrtft.f;' 
[,/©clb6cttrag," m. 

Complete, Dotfenbeiu 
Figure, ©eftalt, f; SBUb, n. 
Embossed, g e t r t e b e tt ; 

[erljabetu 
Wrought, bearbettet 
Create, fdjaffen. 
Consumed, angett>cmbt 
Model, Wlu\ttx ; $orbtib, n. 
Task, 3tufgabe, f. 
Literally, bucfyftdbltd^ 
Immense, itnermegtitf). 
Unaided, ununterftu§t. 
Chosen, auggemdfylt, 
Imposing,33etounberung er- 
[regenb. 
Towers over, iiberragt. 
Principality, $ it r ft e it - 

[tfyum, n„ 



Presents a peculiar and 
[striking appearance, mac^t 
[erne etgenttyiimltc^e uttb 
[auffattettbe ©rfdjetmutg. 
Cream, Sftafjm, m. 
Affected, angegrtffetu 
Action, SBirfung, f. 
Element, Sftaturfraft, f; 
[©Icmcnt, n ; Urftoff, m. 



VOCABULARY. 



113 



Situated, gelegen* 
Direction, ^Rtdjtnng, f. 
Parallel, g(etd)(aufenb. 
Is joined, t>eretntgt fid). 
Ascend, aufftetgen ; §tnaiifs 
[ge&en. 
Expend, au§geben* 
Harbor, §afen, m. 
Chain, gtttt, f. 
Delicate, %axt 



Primary wheat market, 33or* 
[faufSsSO&etgenmarft, m. 
Grain storage capacity, ®e« 
[lag fitr ®etretbet>orrat§e. 
Elevator, ($etretbefpetdjer; 
[©legator, m* 
Varied, unter)cf>ieblidj* 
Extensive, au§gebe§nt. 
Prosperity, ($ebetl§en, n. 
Rapidity, ©djttetttgfett, f. 



114. 



Agriculture, tyL&zxhau, m. 
Suited to, paffenb fiir. 
Soil, 23oben, ra. 
Determine, entfdjetbetu 
Flourish, gebet^en ; fortlom* 
[men. 
Torrid, l^etj^ 

Zone, 3 cne ' ft @rbgurtcl,m. 

Banana, 23anane; $arabte§* 

[fetge, f. 



Plantain, ^3 1 fang, m. 
Cotton, SBaummoUe, f. 
Date, SDattel, f. 
Palm, $aime, f. 
Bread-fruit, 23rotfrud)t, f. 
Temperate, gemafjtgt 
Portion, 5£§etl, m. 
Frigid, fait. 
•Vegetable, ^flange, f. 



"5. 



Advertisement, 5lngetge, f; 

[33e!anntmad)ung,f. 
To let, §u t>ermiet^en* 
Desirable, toiinfdjenStoevtty. 
No., Shimmer, f. 
Apply, fxdj rcenben. 
Artist, ^unftler, m. 
Term, 5?ebingnng, f. 



Meet, fid) fcerfammetn. 
To take action, (Scfyrttte #u 

[t$it.n. 

Vicinity, -ftactj&arfc^aft, f. 
Consider, in ©rroagnng 
[Steven. 
Propriety, &fyidiitf)h\t, f. 
Complete, DoHenbet, 



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PROGRESSIVE TRANSLATOR. 



Quarter, 33tertetjaljr, n. 
Address, abrefftrett* 
Depot, 23a§ttf)0f, m. 
Reference, (Smpfe^lurtg, f. 
Education, ©rjte^uttg, f. 
Request, erfudjetu 



Old Settlers' Reunion, $er< 
[etntguttg alter ShtfteMer. 
Participate, £§etl neijmen. 
Genuine, ed)t. 
Celebration, $eter. 
Advisability, 9lat§fomfeit,f. 



116. 



Voyage of discovery, (Snt= 
[betfungSretfe, f. 
Archbishop, (SrgHfdjof, m. 
Guest, ®aft, m. 
Flatter, fdjmetcfyettu 
Discoverer, ©tttbecfer, m. 
On account of, roegetu 
Secretly, ^etmltd). 
Envy, feettetben. 
Outspokenly, mtt Shorten 
[cmgebeutet. 
Disparage, Ijerctbmurbtgenb. 
Merit, 33erbtenft, n. 
Undertaking,Unterne§men,n. 
Explore, erforfdjen. 



117. 



Scene, Stuftritt, m ; (Scene, f. 
Menagerie, SHjiergartcn, m. 
Lama, Sama; ©djaftameel, n. 
Attempt, Stttfcfytag ; %n* 
[griff, m. 
Fling, fdjteuberru 
Noose, ©djtinge. f. 



Upright on one of its ends, 
[aufredfjt auf bte ©pt£e. 
Slight, letdjt. 
Pressure, ©rucf, m. 
Flatten, abplattetu 
Exclaim, aitSrufem 
That does not amount to 
[much, \m$> bebeutet tttd)t§. 
Artifice, $tutftftitcf, n. 
Exactly, rtdjttg. 
Solve, lojetu 

Comparatively. ttergletd^ 
[ungSmetfe, 
Thither, bortfytn. 



Commotion, $ermirrung,f 
Scatter, ftdj ^erftreitetu 
Baboon, ^amatt, m. 
Scamper, cm§ret§e». 
Rafter, ©parren, m. 
There held on, fytetten fid) 
[baran feft. 



VOCABULARY. 



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Peril, ©cfa$r, f. 
Decide, entfdjetben. 
Sagacious, fdjarfftnntg. 
Vigilant, toadjfam. 
Bound, fprtngen. 
Pursuit, SSerfotgung, f. 
Trunk, ffittffet, m. 
Pitched her, marf fie fopfitber. 
Apartment, Sftanm, m. 



Wink, bltn^etn. 
Composure, $affung, f. 
Combat, $ampf, m. 
Toss, anftoerfen. 
Exasperated, erbtttert. 
Hurl, jd^tenbern. 
Bruised, aetfcfytagen. 
Humbled, gebemiitfytgt. 
Slink, fdjletdjen. 



Alps, Sltpcn. 

Winding, jidj fdjlangetnb. 
Gable-end, @tebel, m. 
Balcony, ©oiler ; ©rf'er ; 
[33aI!on,m. 
Guitar, ®nttarre, f. 



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Burial, SBegrabntfj, n. 
Indian chief, ^ n b t a n e r= 
[§anptftng. 
Small-pox, Slattern. 
Warrior, ^rteger ; §elb, m. 
Concerning, betrsffenb. 
Exactly, genan. 
Sumptuous, foftbar; prddjhg. 
Robe,@taat§Hetb; ®emanb,n 
Equipped, anSgeriiftet. 
Scalp, $opffyaut, f. 
Lofty, erljaben. 
Bluff, Uferab^ang, m. 
Tower, itberragen. 



Ivy, ©pljeu, m.. 
Arched window, 23ogen* 
[fenfter n. 
Weaver, SBeber, m. 
For instance, 3nm Setfptel 



Tribe, ©tamm, m. 
Canoe, $a§n, m. 
Traverse, burdjfdjtffen. 
Shield, ©djtlb, m. 
Quiver, $od>er, m. 
Pemmican, $e mint fan, n. 
Tobacco-pouch, Slabaf3= 
[bentel, m. 
Mystic charms, getyetmnijj* 
LtioUe QavLbzxmti. 
Blissful, feltg. 
Palm, %tdd)t, f. 
Vermillion, <Bd)axlatf)\ axht,i 
Stamp, ftempeln. 



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Magnificent, grogarttg. 
Prospect, 2lu§ftd)t, f. 
Summit, ©tpfel, m. 
Steed, §engft, m. 
Ceremony, feterltcfyer ®e* 
[braud). 



Impress, 3l6brucf,m. 
Turf, ffiafenjiftd, u. 
Pile, §aufcn ; ©tog, m. 
Combined, aeretttt* 
Memorial mound, ®ebenf= 
[Ijuget, m. 



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Bless, pretfett; erfcefceru 
Garment, @eit>anb, n. 
Stretch, auSbrettetu 
Beam, ©djtfette, f; Salfett, m. 



Chamber, ®emadj),n; ^am« 

[mer, f. 

Chariot, SBctgen ; $rteg§* 

[toagen, m. 

Foundation, ©runbfefte, f. 



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Denunciation, 5inf(age, f. 
Reprehensible, tabeltt§toertlj. 
Rank, attritdjtg. 
Clamorous, Ifirmenb. 
Opposition, SBtberftatib, m. 
On a sudden, pl6$U(K 
Silent, pill. 

Unparalleled, urtoergtetdjlidj. 
Profusion, SBergeubuttg, f. 
Jobbing, Sofjitarbett,f;®lii(f§ = 
[firetdje. 
Scandalous, f d) a n b I t dj ; 
[fdjimpflidj- 



Ministry, lmt§t>crmattung,f 
Stage-thunder, £ljeaterbDn= 
[iter, m. 
Chant, ftngett* 
Hymn, SoMteb, n. 
Immortal, unfterblid). 
Tyranny, (S)en)a(therrfd) aft, f 
Exercise, auSitoen. 
Vote, fit mm en. 
Freedom, fjretlje it, f. 
Liberty, $retl)ett, f. 



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Noble, ebel. Save, cm§gettommett. 

Conspirator,23erfdjtt>orene,m. Gentle, too|lgeftttet. 



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Whence, tooijer. 
Woe, 2Be§; Setben, n. 
Tale, ^fttiljrdjert, n; ©age, f. 
Departed, fcergangem 
Haunt, befdjrceretu 
Darken, buttfettu 
Mountain-peak, Sergfpt&e, f. 
Sparkle, furtfettu 
Yonder, briibeu. 
Maiden, $ungfrau, f. 
Comb, fammen. 
Comb, ^atnnt, m. 



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Historian, @ e } dj t dj ts 
[fdjretber, m. 
Brilliant, gldngenb. 
Campaign, S'etbjug, m. 
Originality, ©tgent§umitdj= 
[fett, f. 
Rear,§httergmnb; $Utcfen,m. 
Admiral, ${ottenbefefyt§* 
[fyaber; 2lbmtra(, m. 
Invest 5 etnfd)ltejen; Beretmetu 
Surrender, ftdj itbergeben. 
Gun, $anone, f ; ®efc§itfc, n. 
Confederacy, ©onfoberatiott, 
[f ; ©taatenbunb, m. 
Enthusiastic, begetftert* 
Rejoicing, fjreubcnbegeu* 
[fl»ng,f. 
Loyal, tveuaeftnnt 



Wondrous, nmnberBar. 
Powerful, mddjttg* 
Melody, 2fteIobte ; ©artg- 
[roetfe, f. 
Nameless, ttamenloS* 
Longing, ©efyttett, n. 
Gulf, fCB.qtunb ;'©trubel ; 
[SBtrbel, m. 
His gaze is fixed above, er 
[fdjaut in bte §i% 4 
Magic, begaubentb* 



Consummate, DoHJommett. 
State paper, Sftegterungg* 

[93efe£t, m. 
Emancipation proclamas 
[tion, $ertuttbtgung bcr 
[©HaDertbefretung. 
Rebellious, auf|tanbtfdj;re* 
[Betftfdj. 
District, $rei§ ; Sqtrf, m. 
Enlist, ftdj etnrei^en. 
Service, $rieg3btenft, m. 
Commander-in-chief, £)ber= 
[befe^t§r)aber; ©eneraltf* 

[ftm-uS, m. 
Intend, BeaBftdjtigeru 
Legally, gefe^ltc^. 
Abolished, aufgefyoben. 



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Lodge, betyerbergett ; unter* 
[brtngeit. 

Convenience, ©emdd)ltrf)s 
[fett, f 

Comfort, 33equemltd)fett,f. 

Century, $afyrljunbert, n. 

Propel, betoegett ; tretbcn. 

Silk-worm, ©etbenraupe, f. 

Shear, fdjeeten. 

Cutlery, ffl e ff e r f dj m t e b» 
[toactre, f. 

Pump, pinnpen. 

Mineral, Sfthieral, n ; (5rb* 
[forper, m. 

Correspondence, 33 r t e f « 
[toedjfel, m. 



Patrimony, ©rbtfyeil, n. 
Telegraphic line, £elegra<= 
[pfyenUnie, f. 
Message, 33otfdjaft, f. 
Relative, $ermanbte, m. 
Editor, 3ettung§f djretber,m 
Printer, iBudjbrucfer, m. 
Throughout the world, auf 
[ber garden SBelt. 
Likeness, 33Ubmj$, n. 
Agency, SBtrfurtg, f. 
Wishing cap of the Arabian 
[tales, Saufoxl&wfytii ber 
[arabtfdjen 2ftd§rdjetu 
Transport, Derfefcetu 




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